Vazhinka
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The Vazhinka () is a river in Prionezhsky and Pryazhinsky Districts of the Republic of Karelia and in Podporozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, a right tributary of the Svir. The urban-type settlement of Vazhiny is located in its mouth. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributary of the Vazhinka is the Muzhala (left).
Key facts
- River.name
- Vazhinka
- River.mouth
- Svir
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
- River.length_km
- 123
- River.basin_size_km2
- 2200
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Karelia
- Image
- Важинка.JPG
- Length
- 123
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Svir
- watershed area
- 2200
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- Vazhinka
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The Vazhinka () is a river in Prionezhsky and Pryazhinsky Districts of the Republic of Karelia and in Podporozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, a right tributary of the Svir. The urban-type settlement of Vazhiny is located in its mouth. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributary of the Vazhinka is the Muzhala (left).
The source of the Vazhinka is located in the western part of Prionezhsky District. The river flows south, enters Pryazhinsky District, accepts the Tuksha from the right, and enters Leningrad Oblast. In the Republic of Karelia, the valley of the Vazhinka is almost unpopulated, with the exception of villages Verkhniye Vazhiny and Kashkany. It further turns east, turns south again, and accepts the Chelma from the left, close to its mouth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vazhinka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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