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Moksha
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river in Mordovia, Penza, Ryazan, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblasts, Russia
Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Penza Oblast , Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , Republic of Mordovia , Ryazan Oblast
- Cities
- Temnikov , Krasnoslobodsk , Kovylkino
- Source
- Vydygadovka
- Location
- Privolzhskaya Upland, Mokshansky District , Penza Oblast
- Coordinates
- 53°19′13″N 44°31′13″E / 53.3202°N 44.5203°E / 53.3202; 44.5203
- Mouth
- Oka
- Elevation
- 79 m (259 ft)
- Length
- 656 km (408 mi)
- Basin size
- 51,000 km (20,000 sq mi)
- Average
- 95 m /s (3,400 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Oka → Volga → Caspian Sea
- Left
- Vad , Tsna
- Right
- Sivin, Satis
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Image
- Mouth of Tsna river.jpg
- Length
- 656
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
It is 656 kilometres (408 mi) in length, and has a drainage basin of 51,000 square kilometres (20,000 sq mi).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moksha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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