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The Oka (UK: / ˈ ɒ k ə /, US: / ˈ oʊ k ə /; Russian: Ока IPA:) is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga.It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as the town of Kaluga.
Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are the Volga (which is the longest river in Europe), Pechora, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dnieper (flowing through Russia, then Belarus and Ukraine and into the Black Sea) and the Western Dvina (flowing ...
Moskva River in Kolomna, just upstream from its confluence with the Oka River Moskva River in central Moscow, view towards the Kremlin. The river is 473 km (294 mi) long (or 502 km (312 mi)), [10] and the area of its drainage basin is 17,600 km 2 (6,800 sq mi). [11] It has a vertical drop of 155 m (509 ft) (long-term average).
Southern Russia river stubs (80 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Russia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... This page was last edited on ...
Moksha (Russian: Мо́кша, Moksha: Йов) is a river in central Russia, a right tributary of the Oka.It flows through Penza Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Ryazan Oblast and the Republic of Mordovia, and joins the Oka near Pyatnitsky Yar, near the city of Kasimov.
The Kur (Russian: Кур) is a river in central Russia.It flows through the city of Kursk, where it falls into the Tuskar, which then falls into the Seym.The name relates to a dialect word kur'ya ("long and narrow river bay"), [1] which itself may represent a borrowing from Komi kurya 'bay' (although it has been suggested that the latter is borrowed from Russian).
The Don river functioned as a fertile cradle of civilization where the Neolithic farmer culture of the Near East fused with the hunter-gatherer culture of Siberian groups, resulting in the nomadic pastoralism of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. [4] The east Slavic tribe of the Antes inhabited the Don and other areas of Southern and Central Russia.
The Protva (Russian: Протва) is a river in the Moscow and Kaluga oblasts in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Oka. It is 282 kilometres (175 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 4,620 square kilometres (1,780 sq mi). [1] The area of its basin is 4,620 square kilometres (1,780 sq mi). The Protva freezes up in early December and stays ...