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Also known as Kashinka River

The Kashinka () is a river in Kesovogorsky and Kashinsky Districts of Tver Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga (joining the Volga at the Uglich Reservoir, near the town of Kalyazin). The length of the river is , and the area of its drainage basin is . The town of Kashin and the urban-type settlement of Kesova Gora are located along the Kashinka.

Key facts

River.name
Kashinka
River.image
Kashinka River 1910.jpg
River.image_caption
Kashinka River in Kashin
River.source1_location
Near Kesova Gora
River.mouth
Volga
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Russia
River.length_km
128
River.basin_size_km2
661

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The Kashinka () is a river in Kesovogorsky and Kashinsky Districts of Tver Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga (joining the Volga at the Uglich Reservoir, near the town of Kalyazin). The length of the river is , and the area of its drainage basin is . The town of Kashin and the urban-type settlement of Kesova Gora are located along the Kashinka.

The source of the Kashinka is in the swamps northwest of the village of Zadorye, at the border of Kesovogorsky and Bezhetsky districts. It flows east, passes Kesova Gora, and in the village of Brylino turns south. It makes a loop as it passes Kashin. The historical part of the town is located within the loop of the Kashinka. Further south, it becomes a part of the Uglich Reservoir. It joins the Volga in the village of Gorki.

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

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