Warsuga

Warsuga Ва́рзуга, Варзуга
Data
Water code	RU :  02020000212101000007653
location	Murmansk Oblast ( Russia )
River system	Warsuga
source	in the center of the Kola Peninsula 67 ° 11 ′ 43 "  N , 36 ° 42 ′ 34"  E
muzzle	White Sea Coordinates: 66 ° 16 ′ 3 ″  N , 36 ° 56 ′ 27 ″  E 66 ° 16 ′ 3 ″  N , 36 ° 56 ′ 27 ″  E
Mouth height	0  m
length	254 km
Catchment area	9840 km²
Discharge at the Warsuga A Eo gauge : 7940 km². Location: 23 km above the estuary	MQ 1935/1992 Mq 1935/1992	79 m³ / s 9.9 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries	Japoma , Serga , Kiza
Right tributaries	Pana , Pyatka , Melga
Navigable	No

The Warsuga ( Russian Ва́рзуга, Варзуга ) is a river in the south of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast in Russia .

The Warsuga flows into the White Sea . It has a length of 254 km and a catchment area of 9840 km². The mean discharge is 77 m³ / s. In May and June the discharge is up to 300 m³ / s. The river is regularly frozen between October and May. The main tributaries of the Warsuga are the Serga and Kiza, coming from the left . The Serga drains Lake Sergosero . The Kiza meets the Warsuga only a few kilometers from the sea.

The Warsuga is considered to be the river with the richest salmon on the Kola Peninsula.

literature

• Nikolai V. Kudryavtsev : Варзуга . In: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона - Enziklopeditscheski slowar Brokgausa i Jefrona . tape 5 a [10]: Вальтер – Венути. Brockhaus-Efron, Saint Petersburg 1892, p. 522 (Russian, full text [ Wikisource ] PDF - River of Arkhangelsk Province, Kem Region, on the south coast of the Kola Peninsula, which flows into the White Sea).

Web links

Commons : Warsuga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Warsuga at the Warsuga gauge - hydrographic data at R-ArcticNET
2. ↑ ^{a b} Warsuga in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Article Warsuga in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D003277~2a%3D~2b%3DWarsuga