Luga (river)
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Luga Луга, Laukaa , Laukaanjoki , Laugaz |
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 Catchment area of the Luga |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | RU : 01030000512102000025583 | |
| location | Novgorod Oblast , Leningrad Oblast ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Luga | |
| Drain over | Luga → Baltic Sea | |
| source | north of Veliky Novgorod 58 ° 56 ′ 23 ″ N , 30 ° 58 ′ 1 ″ E |
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| muzzle | at Ust-Luga in the Lugabucht ( Gulf of Finland ) Coordinates: 59 ° 40 ′ 44 ″ N , 28 ° 18 ′ 48 ″ E 59 ° 40 ′ 44 ″ N , 28 ° 18 ′ 48 ″ E |
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| Mouth height |
0 m
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| length | 353 km | |
| Catchment area | 13,200 km² | |
| Outflow location: 60 km above the mouth |
MQ |
93 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Saba , Dolgaja , Rosson | |
| Right tributaries | Oredesch , Jaschtschera , Lemowscha , Wruda | |
| Medium-sized cities | Luga , Kingissepp | |
| Small towns | Ust-Luga | |
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The Luga ( Russian Луга , Finnish Laukaa , Laukaanjoki , Votisch Laugaz ) is a river in Novgorod Oblast and Leningrad Oblast in the Russian federal district of northwestern Russia .
It rises around 20 kilometers north of Novgorod , flows through a sparsely populated area, passes the cities of Luga and Kingissepp and after 353 kilometers flows into the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea near Ust-Luga .
This makes it the westernmost Russian river that flows into the Gulf of Finland. The next western river is the border river Narva .
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