Mesha (Unscha)

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Mesha
Межа́
Data
Water code RU :  08010300312110000015570
location Kostroma Oblast ( Russia )
River system Volga
Drain over Unscha  → Volga  → Caspian Sea
Confluence of Konjug and Mitschug
59 ° 4 '13 "  N , 45 ° 7' 31"  O
Source height 139  m
muzzle Inaccurate coordinates: 58 ° 21 '49 "  N , 44 ° 52' 52"  E 58 ° 21 '49 "  N , 44 ° 52' 52"  E
Mouth height 99  m
Height difference 40 m
Bottom slope 0.22 ‰
length 186 km
Catchment area 2630 km²
Drainage
location: 39 km above the mouth 		MQ
 17.9 m³ / s
Left tributaries Bolshaya Shochra, Portjug, Shekschema
Communities Georgievskoye

The Mescha ( Russian Межа́ ) is a left tributary of the Unscha in the Russian Oblast of Kostroma .

The Mescha arises at the confluence of its two source rivers Konjug and Mitschug , which arise in the northern Russian ridge . It flows mainly in a southerly direction and passes the place Georgijewskoje . Finally on the left it flows into the Unscha, a left tributary of the Volga .

The mesha has a length of 186 km. It drains an area of ​​2630 km². It is mainly fed by the snowmelt . 39 km above the mouth, the mean discharge is 17.9 m³ / s. The river is ice-covered between November and the second half of April.

At least in the past, rafting was carried out on the Mescha .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Article Mescha in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D074926~2a%3DMescha~2b%3DMescha
  2. ↑ a b Mescha in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)