Volchya
Sign in to savethumb|290px|right|Dam of the old Finnish hydroelectric plant The Volchya (; ) is a tributary of the Vuoksi on the Karelian Isthmus (Leningrad Oblast, Russia) west of the Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railroad (along the section between the stations Vaskelovo and Losevo) and flowing northwards from the Lembolovo Heights. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Its major tributaries are in turn the Smorodinka (right, ; ), the Belaya (left, ; ), the Goryunets (left, ) and the Petrovka (right, ; ). The Volchya River's width is about in the lower reaches, where it flows in a narrow valley, with meande
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- River.name
- Volchya
- River.image
- Saijanjoki.jpg
- River.image_size
- 200px
- River.source1_location
- Lembolovo Heights
- River.mouth
- Vuoksi
- River.mouth_location
- near Losevo
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
- River.length_km
- 50
- River.basin_size_km2
- 460
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thumb|290px|right|Dam of the old Finnish hydroelectric plant The Volchya (; ) is a tributary of the Vuoksi on the Karelian Isthmus (Leningrad Oblast, Russia) west of the Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railroad (along the section between the stations Vaskelovo and Losevo) and flowing northwards from the Lembolovo Heights. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Its major tributaries are in turn the Smorodinka (right, ; ), the Belaya (left, ; ), the Goryunets (left, ) and the Petrovka (right, ; ). The Volchya River's width is about in the lower reaches, where it flows in a narrow valley, with meanders and oxbow lakes. The Volchya is shallow and unavailable for navigation (except for canoeing in some places)
The river is crossed by the Sosnovo () – Pervomayskoye () road on Lembolovo Heights, Sosnovo – Borisovo () – Michurinskoye () road at Razdolye () and by the Losevo () – Yagodnoye () road at the lower portion of the river.