Also known as Vyg River
The Vyg (; ) is a river in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It consists of the Upper Vyg which is long and discharges into Lake Vygozero, and the Lower Vyg, which is long and flows from Vygozero and discharges into Onega Bay of the White Sea near Belomorsk.
Key facts
- River.name
- Vyg
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
- River.subdivision_type3
- Region
- River.subdivision_name3
- Republic of Karelia
- River.subdivision_type5
- City
- River.subdivision_name5
- Belomorsk
- River.length_km
- 237
- River.discharge1_location
- Vorozhgora
- River.discharge2_location
- Onega Bay
- River.discharge2_avg
- ?
- River.mouth
- Onega Bay
- River.mouth_location
- Republic of Karelia, Russia
- River.basin_size_km2
- 27100
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Karelia
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- Vyg River.jpg
- Length
- 237
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- category for the water basin
- Category:Vyg basin
- Commons category
- Vyg River
- watershed area
- 27100
- discharge
- 267
- mouth of the watercourse
- Onega Bay
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The Vyg (; ) is a river in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It consists of the Upper Vyg which is long and discharges into Lake Vygozero, and the Lower Vyg, which is long and flows from Vygozero and discharges into Onega Bay of the White Sea near Belomorsk.
The Upper Vyg flows through several small lakes in a swampy land. The Lower Vyg is a part of the White Sea–Baltic Canal and is controlled by several dams.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vyg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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