Warsuga
Warsuga Ва́рзуга, Варзуга |
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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 |
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muzzle |
White Sea Coordinates: 66 ° 16 ′ 3 ″ N , 36 ° 56 ′ 27 ″ E 66 ° 16 ′ 3 ″ N , 36 ° 56 ′ 27 ″ E |
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Mouth height |
0 m
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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
- ↑ a b Warsuga at the Warsuga gauge - hydrographic data at R-ArcticNET
- ↑ a b Warsuga in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)
- ↑ a b c d Article Warsuga in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)