Zilupe (river)
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Zilupe Си́няя (Sinjaja), Sīnupe, Зилупе (Silupe), Сінюха (Sinjucha) |
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 Course of the Zilupe (on the right edge of the picture) |
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| Water code | RU : 01030000112102000028502 | |
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Vitebskaja Woblasz ( Belarus ), Latvia , Pskov Oblast ( Russia ) |
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| River system | Narva | |
| Drain over | Velikaya → Lake Peipus → Narva → Gulf of Finland | |
| source | Lake Osveya (Асвейскае возера) 56 ° 2 '17 " N , 28 ° 1' 57" O |
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| Source height | 130 m | |
| muzzle | in Velikaya coordinates: 57 ° 9 ′ 41 ″ N , 28 ° 30 ′ 36 ″ E 57 ° 9 ′ 41 ″ N , 28 ° 30 ′ 36 ″ E
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| length | 195 km | |
| Catchment area | 2040 km² | |
| Outflow location: 27 km above the mouth |
MQ |
10.1 m³ / s |
| Right tributaries | Werscha | |
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The Zilupe ( Latvian ) or Sinjaja ( Russian Си́няя ) or Sinjucha ( Belarusian Сінюха ) is a river in the east of the Baltic States .
The river has its source in a marshland east of Lake Asweja in Belarus near the three-country corner of Latvia and Russia , flows northwards and forms the border between these two countries for 12 km. For the next 59 km to Lake Zil , the Zilupe runs on Latvian territory, then forms the border for another 4 km and then flows into the Velikaya on Russian territory . The width of the river in Latvia is 10-15 meters, below Krasnogorodsk 30 meters.
- The largest tributaries are Plusona (27 km), Istra (39 km) and Werscha .
- Larger places on the shore are Zilupe , Pogrov and Krasnogorodsk.
See also
literature
- Enciklopēdija "Latvijas daba". Preses nams, 1998, ISBN 9984-00-312-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Article Sinjaja in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ a b Sinjaja in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)