Wasusa
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Wasusa Vazuza |
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 Location of the Wasusa (Вазуза) in the extreme west of the river basin of the Volga |
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| Water code | RU : 08010100312110000000923 | |
| location | Smolensk , Tver ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Volga | |
| Drain over | Volga → Caspian Sea | |
| source | around 25 km northwest of Vyazma 55 ° 23 ′ 26 ″ N , 34 ° 1 ′ 12 ″ E |
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| muzzle | in Subzow in the Volga Coordinates: 56 ° 10 '46 " N , 34 ° 35' 25" E 56 ° 10 '46 " N , 34 ° 35' 25" E
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| length | 162 km | |
| Catchment area | 7120 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
35.9 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Losmina , Jablonja , Ossuga | |
| Right tributaries | Salik , Kasnja , Gschat | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Wasusa reservoir | |
| Small towns | Sychovka , Subzov | |
 The wintry Wasusa near Subzow |
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 Vazusa Reservoir near the village of Chlepen on the border of the Smolensk and Tver Oblasts |
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 Mouth of the Wasusa (left) into the Volga in Subzow |
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The Wasusa ( Russian Вазуза ) is a 162 km long right tributary of the Volga in the European part of Russia .
course
The Wasusa rises not far from the village Drobyschi in the northern part of the Smolensk Heights in the northeast of the Smolensk Oblast . From there it flows north through the landscape characterized by forests and fields.
The Wasusa reaches the small town of Sychovka about halfway along its route . A little later, the backwater of the Wasusa reservoir begins ( Russian Вазузское водохранилище ) ( ⊙ ). The river is dammed up over 77 km to form a reservoir of around 97 km². The reservoir extends to the southern Tver Oblast .
The reservoir ends around 2 km southwest of the city of Subzow . In Subzow the Wasusa finally flows into the Volga. The river and the reservoir are very popular destinations for excursions.
The Wasusa is frozen on average from November to April.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Article Wasusa in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ a b Wasusa in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)
- ↑ Description of Wasusa in WW Fedorov: Рыболовные водоемы Подмосковья, Moscow 1996 (Russian)