Chmara (Sosh)
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| location | Smolensk Oblast ( Russia ), in Glinka Raion and Pochinkovsky Raion | |
| River system | Dnepr | |
| Drain over | Chmara → Sosh → Dnepr → Black Sea | |
| source | southwest of the village Jassenok 54 ° 28 '46 " N , 32 ° 44' 50" O |
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| muzzle | northwest of the village Basylewka coordinates: 54 ° 19 '56 " N , 32 ° 15' 11" O 54 ° 19 '56 " N , 32 ° 15' 11" O
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| length | 82 km | |
| Catchment area | 980 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Kamenka , Glubotyn , Kotschereschka | |
| Right tributaries | Luchesyanka | |
| Small towns | Pochinok | |
| Communities | Strigino , Matschuly , Lipki | |
The Chmara ( Russian Хмара ) is a river in the Smolensk region and a left tributary of the Sosh . The river has a length of 82 km, its catchment area covers 980 km².
It flows through the Glinka and Potschinkowskoi districts . The source of the river is located in the east of the Pochinkovsky highlands , 1.5 km southwest of the village of Jassenok in the Glinkovsky district. The mouth is northwest of the village of Basylewka in Pochinkovsky district. The direction of the river changes several times from west to south and back. In the upper reaches the Chmara flows through a narrow valley, which then widens and reaches a width of 6–8 kilometers.
Tributaries and localities
The main tributaries are:
- on the left: Kamenka , Glubotyn and Kotschereschka
- on the right: Lutschesjanka
There are villages on the river: Strigino , Matschuly and Lipki . Near the river the town of Pochinok .
origin of the name
The name of the river seems to come from the Old Russian hamar - twilight. In some ancient sources, the river is called Chamora.
Description of the river landscape
The river valley has different structure in different parts. Before the confluence with the Sosch it has a shallow bed depth and is relatively narrow (0.2–0.3 km). In the Chmara-Glubotyn area, the bed stretches for 2-3 km. In the entire course of the river there are floodplains with a width of 200–250 m. The river is divided into several terraces. The first terrace is 6–8 m higher than the next and extends to Glubotyn (it has a width of 2–2.5 m). The second terrace is narrow. The third terrace in front of Glubotyn extends over a relatively wide area of (1 to 3 km) and lies at a height of 15-20 meters above the mouth.
literature
- Ресурсы поверхностных вод СССР. Гидрологическая изученность. Том 5. Белоруссия и Верхнее Поднепровье. М., 1963. Стр.82.
- Encyclopedia of the Smolensk Territory - Энциклопедия Смоленской области [1]