Wiga (river)

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Wiga
Ви́га
Data
Water code RU :  08010300312110000014962
location Kostroma Oblast ( Russia )
River system Volga
Drain over Unscha  → Volga  → Caspian Sea
source on the Galitscher Heights in Tschuchloma Rajon
58 ° 34 ′ 4 ″  N , 42 ° 38 ′ 31 ″  E
Source height approx.  168  m
muzzle Inaccurate coordinates: 59 ° 13 '44 "  N , 43 ° 40' 46"  E 59 ° 13 '44 "  N , 43 ° 40' 46"  E
Mouth height 117  m
Height difference approx. 51 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.29 ‰
length 175 km
Catchment area 3360 km²
Left tributaries Ida , weekly grandma
Right tributaries Melscha, Kist
Communities Sudai

The Wiga ( Russian Ви́га ) is a right tributary of the Unscha in the Russian Oblast of Kostroma .

The Wiga rises on the Galitscher Heights in Tschuchloma Rajon . It flows initially in a northerly direction and passes the place Sudai . Later it turns to the northeast and finally flows into the upper reaches of the Unscha, a left tributary of the Volga . At river kilometer 35, the Ida , the most important tributary of the Wiga, flows into the river on the left.

The Wiga has a length of 175 km. It drains an area of ​​3360 km². It is mainly fed by snowmelt as well as precipitation . The river is ice-covered between November and early April.

At least in the past, rafting was carried out on the Wiga .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Article Wiga in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D004774~2a%3DWiga~2b%3DWiga
  2. ↑ a b Wiga in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)