Gus (river)

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Gus
Гусь
Location of the Gus (Гусь) in the catchment area of ​​the Oka

Location of the Gus (Гусь) in the catchment area of ​​the Oka

Data
Water code RU :  09010102312110000026498
location Vladimir Oblast , Ryazan ( Russia )
River system Volga
Drain over Oka  → Volga  → Caspian Sea
source around 15 km north of Gus-Chrustalny
55 ° 46 ′ 14 ″  N , 40 ° 38 ′ 13 ″  E
Source height about  127  m
muzzle a good 2 km south of Gus-Schelesny in the Oka coordinates: 54 ° 59 ′ 57 "  N , 41 ° 11 ′ 12"  E 54 ° 59 ′ 57 "  N , 41 ° 11 ′ 12"  E
Mouth height around  83  m
Height difference about 44 m
Bottom slope about 0.3 ‰
length 147 km
Catchment area 3910 km²
Left tributaries Wekowka , Cistur , Scherschul , Sentur , Tikor , Kolp
Right tributaries Nuksor , Mokschur , Nasmur , Pynsur , Schirowka , Ninur , Dandur , Miserwa , Narma
Medium-sized cities Gus-Khrustalny
Communities Gus-Schelesny

The Gus ( Russian Гусь ) is a 147 km long left tributary of the Oka in the European part of Russia .

course

The Gus rises in the south of Vladimir Oblast about 20 km south-southeast of the city of Vladimir . From there it flows south and after about 15 km reaches the town of Gus-Khrustalny .

Continuing in a southerly direction, the river then flows through the densely forested and swampy Meschtschora lowlands .

Shortly before the confluence of Tikor and Dandur, it reaches the border with Ryazan Oblast . Here it turns in a south-easterly direction before it flows into the Oka at Gus-Schelesny .

The name Gus corresponds to the Russian word for goose . This folk etymological explanation of the word meaning is reflected, for example, in the coat of arms of the city of Gus-Khrustalny, which is located on the river, in which a stylized goose is depicted. Presumably the name is derived from the Finno-Ugric word kuusi for spruce ; the Meshchora Plain through which it flows, in which these and other conifers are widespread, was inhabited in historical times by a Finno-Ugric tribe, also called Meshchora by the Russians.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the Gus ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ktmz.boom.ru
  2. ↑ a b Gus in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)
  3. ↑ Coat of arms of Gus-Khrustalny on the website of the Museum-Sapovednik of Vladimir and Suzdal (Russian)