Wetluga
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Wetluga Ветлуга, Вӱтла |
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| Water code | RU : 08010400112110000040564 | |
| location | Kirov Oblast , Oblast Kostroma , Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , Mari El ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Volga | |
| Drain over | Volga → Caspian Sea | |
| source | around 10 km northeast of Leninskoye in the west of Kirov Oblast 58 ° 20 ′ 16 ″ N , 47 ° 12 ′ 7 ″ E |
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| muzzle | around 20 km northwest of Kosmodemjansk in the Cheboksarsk reservoir Coordinates: 56 ° 27 ′ 44 ″ N , 46 ° 14 ′ 14 ″ E 56 ° 27 ′ 44 ″ N , 46 ° 14 ′ 14 ″ E |
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| Mouth height |
63 m
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| length | 889 km | |
| Catchment area | 39,400 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
255 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Bolshaya Shanga , Neja , Bolshaya Kakscha , Usta , Juronga | |
| Right tributaries | Wochma , Ljunda | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Cheboksarsk reservoir | |
| Medium-sized cities | Sharia | |
| Small towns | Wetluga | |
| Navigable | approx. 700 km from the confluence of the Wochma to the confluence | |
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 Location of the Wetluga (Ветлуга) in the catchment area of the Volga |
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The Wetluga ( Russian Ветлуга , Mari Вӱтла ) is a 889 km long left tributary of the Volga in the European part of Russia .
course
The Wetluga rises near Leninskoje west of the city of Kirov in the oblast of the same name . Initially it flows mainly in east and north-easterly directions, but soon turns west.
It flows through the northeastern part of Kostroma Oblast , where it receives the Wochma . A few kilometers before Sharja , the Wetluga turns south. The Bolshaya Shanga joins before the city . A few kilometers after the confluence of the Neja , the Wetluga reaches the northeastern part of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast .
At the town of Wetluga , the river turns southwest for several dozen kilometers before gradually turning to the southeast. It reaches the northwest border of the Republic of Mari El and takes the Juronga . Shortly afterwards the Wetluga flows into the Cheboksarsk reservoir of the Volga near Kosmodemjansk .
