Sheksna (river)
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Sheksna Cheksna |
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 Church ruins in the dammed Scheksna, at the exit of the White Lake |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | RU : 08010200312110000008261 | |
| location | Vologda Oblast ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Volga | |
| Drain over | Volga → Caspian Sea | |
| origin |
Weißer See 60 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ N , 38 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Source height | 120 m | |
| muzzle | At Tscherepowez in the Rybinsk Reservoir Coordinates: 59 ° 6 ′ 38 ″ N , 37 ° 56 ′ 25 ″ E 59 ° 6 ′ 38 ″ N , 37 ° 56 ′ 25 ″ E
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| length | 139 km | |
| Catchment area | 19,000 km² | |
| Outflow location: 28 km above the mouth |
MQ |
172 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Sisma , Jagrysch | |
| Right tributaries | Kovsha | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Sheksninskoye , Rybinsk Reservoir | |
| Navigable | along the entire course of the river as part of the Volga-Baltic Sea Canal | |
 Nunnery at the confluence of the Sheksna in the Volga near Gorizy |
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 Location of the Sheksna (Шексна) in the catchment area of the Rybinsk Reservoir |
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The Scheksna ( Russian Шексна [ ʃɪksˈna ]) is a left tributary of the Volga in northwestern Russia ( northeastern Europe ).
description
The river has its source in the western Vologda Oblast in the White Lake . South of the lake, the river divides its course with the Volga-Baltic Sea Canal to the Rybinsk Reservoir . In the reservoir, their water is taken up by the Volga.
The actual and original mouth of the Sheksna into the Volga is in Rybinsk , which at the beginning of the last millennium was called Ust-Scheksna (mouth of the Scheksna from Russian Устье - mouth). In the 1930s and 1940s, both the Sheksna and the Volga were dammed in Rybinsk above the mouth. This shortened the course of the Scheksna from 395 km to 139 km. The accumulated water masses flooded the floodplains between the two rivers and formed the Rybinsk reservoir. In Rybinsk, however, the Scheksna continues to flow in its original bed to the Volga below the dam.
The largest city on the Sheksna is Cherepovets on the north bank of the Rybinsk reservoir .
The Scheksna is usually frozen from November to the end of April / beginning of May.
Due to the damming up of the Scheksna and environmental pollution, the previously very common sterlet has become rare.
