river in Vologda and Kirov Oblasts, Russia, tributary to the Northern Dvina
Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Mouth
- Northern Dvina
- Length
- 574 km (357 mi)
- Basin size
- 35,600 square kilometres (13,700 mi )
- Average
- 292 cubic metres per second (10,300 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- ‹See Tfd› Northern Dvina → White Sea
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Vologda Oblast
- Image
- Dvina.jpg
- Length
- 574
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- tributary
- Kudanga
- Commons category
- Yug River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Northern Dvina
- discharge
- 289.5
- watershed area
- 35600
- origin of the watercourse
- Nikolsk
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Encyclopedic overview
Map of the Northern Dvina basin. The Yug is shown on the map.
The Yug (Russian: Юг) is a river in Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky, Nikolsky, and Velikoustyugsky Districts of Vologda Oblast and in Podosinovsky District of Kirov Oblast in Russia. It is 574-kilometer (357 mi) long, and the area of its basin is 35,600 square kilometers (13,700 sq mi). The Yug joins the Sukhona near the town of Veliky Ustyug, forming the Northern Dvina, one of the biggest rivers of European Russia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yug” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.