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Volga

Also known as Volga River, River Volga, Wolga, River Wolga, Wolga River, R. Volga, R. Wolga, Volga R.

The Volga (, ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment area of . It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge at delta – between per second – and of drainage basin. It is widely regarded as the national river of Russia. The hypothetical old Russian state, the Rus' Khaganate, arose along the Volga . Historically, the river served as an important meeting place of various Eurasian civilizations.

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The Volga is Europe's longest river, flowing through Russia into the Caspian Sea and serving as the continent's largest river by water discharge and drainage basin size. Historically important as a meeting place for various Eurasian civilizations and now regarded as Russia's national river, the Volga has played a significant role in the development of the region for centuries.

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Key facts

River.subdivision_name3: Tver Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Mari El, Chuvashia, Tatarstan, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Astrakhan Oblast, Kalmykia
River.subdivision_type4: Cities
River.subdivision_name4: Tver, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary, Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Togliatti
River.discharge1_location: Astrakhan (Basin size:
River.discharge1_avg: Volga Delta:
River.source1_location: Valdai Hills, Tver Oblast
River.mouth: Caspian Sea
River.mouth_location: Astrakhan Oblast
River.tributaries_left: Kama
River.tributaries_right: Oka
River.discharge2_location: Volgograd (Basin size:
River.discharge3_location: Samara (Basin size:
River.discharge4_location: Nizhny Novgorod (Basin size:
River.discharge4_avg: Yaroslavl (Basin size: : Rybinsk (Basin size: :
River.discharge5_location: Tver (Basin size:
River.mapframe: yes
River.mapframe frame width: 300
River.mapframe wikidata: yes

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections

Contents

Name
Description
Confluences (downstream to upstream)
Reservoirs (downstream to upstream)
Biggest cities on the shores of the Volga
Bridges across the Volga
Human history
20th-century conflicts
Ethnic groups
Navigation
Satellite imagery
Cultural significance
Literature
Cinema
Music
Video games
See also
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

The river flows in Russia through forests, forest steppes and steppes. Five of the ten largest cities of Russia, including the nation's capital, Moscow, are located in the Volga's drainage basin. Because the Volga drains into the Caspian Sea, which is an endorheic body of water, the Volga does not naturally connect to any of the world's oceans.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Volga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.