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Fontanka
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Also known as Fontanka River

The Fontanka (), a left branch of the river Neva, flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia – from the Summer Garden to . It is long, with a width up to , and a depth up to . The Moyka River forms a right-bank branch of the Fontanka. Lined along the Fontanka Embankment stand the former private residences of Russian nobility.

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The Fontanka (), a left branch of the river Neva, flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia – from the Summer Garden to . It is long, with a width up to , and a depth up to . The Moyka River forms a right-bank branch of the Fontanka. Lined along the Fontanka Embankment stand the former private residences of Russian nobility.

==Description== thumb| Fontanka River Perspective. View to Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg| Trinity Cathedral.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fontanka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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