Tikhvinka River
Sign in to saveThe Tikhvinka () is a river in Boksitogorsky and Tikhvinsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, a right and the biggest tributary of the Syas. The town of Tikhvin is located on its banks. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributaries of the Tikhvinka are the Ryadan (left) and the Shomushka (right).
Key facts
- River.name
- Tikhvinka
- River.image_caption
- The Tikhvinka and the Tikhvin Assumption Monastery
- River.source1
- Lake Yeglino
- River.mouth
- Syas
- River.progression
- Syas→
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
- River.length_km
- 144
- River.basin_size_km2
- 2140
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The Tikhvinka () is a river in Boksitogorsky and Tikhvinsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, a right and the biggest tributary of the Syas. The town of Tikhvin is located on its banks. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributaries of the Tikhvinka are the Ryadan (left) and the Shomushka (right).
The source of the Tikhvinka is in Lake Yeglino in Boksitogorsky District, several kilometers northwest of the urban-type settlement of Yefimovsky. The river flows northwest, through Lake Ozerskoye, turns west and eventually southwest. Upstream of the village of Astrachi the Tikhvinka accepts the Ryadan from the left and turns west. Downstream of Astrachi, the Tikhvinka enters Tikhvinsky District and flows through the town of Tikhvin. The mouth of the Tikhvinka is located between the villages of Ovino and Khalezevo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tikhvinka River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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