Wjoksa (Kostroma)

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Wjoksa
Вёкса
Data
Water code RU08010300112110000012199
location Kostroma Oblast ( Russia )
River system Volga
Drain over Kostroma  → Volga  → Caspian Sea
origin Galitscher See
58 ° 24 ′ 50 ″  N , 42 ° 11 ′ 32 ″  E
Source height 100  m
muzzle at Bui in the Kostroma coordinates: 58 ° 29 '2 "  N , 41 ° 31' 41"  E 58 ° 29 '2 "  N , 41 ° 31' 41"  E
Mouth height 88  m
Height difference 12 m
Bottom slope 0.14 ‰
length 84 km
Catchment area 2880 km²
Right tributaries Nolja
Medium-sized cities Bui

The Wjoksa ( Russian Вёкса ) is a left tributary of the Kostroma in the Kostroma Oblast .

The Wjoksa forms the outflow of the Galitscher Lake , which is located on the Galitscher Heights . It meanders through the swampy forest landscape in a predominantly westerly direction. Finally it reaches the city of Bui , 40 km to the west , where it flows into the left bank of the Kostroma river.

The Wjoksa has a length of 84 km. It drains an area of ​​2880 km². At river kilometer 63, its most important and at the same time richer tributary, the Nolja , meets the Wjoksa from the right.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Article Vjoksa in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D003755~2a%3DWjoksa~2b%3DWjoksa
  2. a b Vjoksa in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)