Sudoma
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The Sudoma () is a left tributary of the Shelon, with its course located in Sudoma uplands in Dedovichsky and Bezhanitsky District of Pskov Oblast of Russia. The Sudoma is part of the Lake Ilmen drainage basin. The river has a length of and drains a basin of . It rarely attains the width of , being no deeper than along its course. It notably flows through Sosonskaya Volost where a synonymous village also exists.
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- 480
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The Sudoma () is a left tributary of the Shelon, with its course located in Sudoma uplands in Dedovichsky and Bezhanitsky District of Pskov Oblast of Russia. The Sudoma is part of the Lake Ilmen drainage basin. The river has a length of and drains a basin of . It rarely attains the width of , being no deeper than along its course. It notably flows through Sosonskaya Volost where a synonymous village also exists.
One version of the name is linked to a folk tale of a family of three giants that lived in the area, the name derived from the mother of the three. The source of the river is located on the uplands of the same name, so named for apparently serving as a place of a judging ritual, the word for trial in Russian being "sud" (), however the source is located in Lake Naverezhskoye (), and the name is only extant from the Nikonov Chronicles (1539-1542), before which it was called Sudomir', meaning "peace trial" or "decision for peace".
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