Sunday, August 26, 2007


Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are the Volga, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dniepr and the Western Dvina.
In Asia, important rivers are the Ob, Irtysh, Yenisei, Angara River, Lena, Amur, Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma.
In the list below the rivers are grouped by the seas or oceans they flow into. Rivers that flow into other rivers are ordered by the proximity of their point of confluence to the mouth of the main river, i.e. the lower in the list, the more upstream.
There is an alphabetical list of rivers at the end of this article.

Rivers of Russia Barents Sea and White Sea (Arctic Ocean)
The rivers in this section are sorted south-west to north-east.

Pregolya (near Kaliningrad)

  • Alle/Lava (in Znamensk)
    Instruch/Inster (in Chernyakhovsk)
    Angrapa (in Chernyakhovsk)

    • Pissa (near Chernyakhovsk)
      Krasnaya (in Gusev)
      Nemunas/Neman (near Šilutė, Lithuania)

      • Šešupė (near Neman)
        Daugava/Western Dvina (near Riga, Latvia)

        • Polota (in Polatsk, Belarus)
          Kasplya (in Surazh, Belarus)
          Mezha (near Velizh)

          • Obsha (near Bely)
            Narva (near Narva)

            • Plyussa (near Slantsy)
              Lake Peipsi (near Slantsy)

              • Velikaya (near Pskov)
                Luga (in Ust-Luga)

                • Oredezh (near Luga)
                  Neva (in Saint Petersburg)

                  • Okhta (in Saint Petersburg)

                    • Okkervil (in Saint Petersburg)
                      Izhora (in Ust-Izhora)
                      Tosna (in Otradnoye)
                      Lake Ladoga (in Shlisselburg)

                      • Volkhov (near Volkhov)

                        • Tigoda (near Kirishi)

                          • Ravan
                            Chagoda
                            Vishera (near Velikiy Novgorod)
                            Lake Ilmen (in Velikiy Novgorod)

                            • Msta (near Velikiy Novgorod)

                              • Uver (near Berezovsky Ryadok)
                                Berezayka (in Berezovsky Ryadok)

                                • Valdayka
                                  Mstino Lake (near Vyshny Volochyok)

                                  • Tsna (near Vyshny Volochyok)
                                    Pola (near Staraya Russa)
                                    Lovat (near Staraya Russa)

                                    • Polist (near Staraya Russa)
                                      Kunya (in Kholm)
                                      Shelon (near Shimsk)
                                      Syas (in Syasstroy)
                                      Svir (near Lodeynoye Pole)

                                      • Pasha (near Lodeynoye Pole)
                                        Oyat (near Lodeynoye Pole)
                                        Lake Onega

                                        • Suna (in Kondopoga)
                                          Vodla (near Pudozh)
                                          Andoma (north of Vytegra)
                                          Vytegra (near Vytegra)
                                          Vuoksi (in Taipale and Priozersk)

                                          • Volchya (near Losevo)
                                            Sestra (near Sestroretsk) Baltic Sea
                                            The rivers in this section are sorted west to east.

                                            Dnieper (near Kherson, Ukraine)

                                            • Desna (in Kiev, Ukraine)

                                              • Seim (in Sosnytsia, Ukraine)
                                                Sudost (north of Novhorod-Siversky, Ukraine)
                                                Vyazma
                                                Mius (into Sea of Azov near Taganrog)
                                                Don (into Sea of Azov near Azov)

                                                • Manych (in Manychskaya, east of Rostov-on-Don)
                                                  Sal (in Semikarakorsk)
                                                  Donets (near Semikarakorsk)
                                                  Khopyor (near Serafimovich)
                                                  Bityug (near Pavlovsk)
                                                  Osered' (near Pavlovsk)
                                                  Voronezh (near Voronezh)
                                                  Yeya (into Sea of Azov near Yeysk)
                                                  Kuban (into Sea of Azov near Temryuk)

                                                  • Laba (in Ust-Labinsk)
                                                    Mzymta (near Sochi) Black Sea
                                                    The rivers in this section are sorted west to east.

                                                    Terek (near Kizlyar)

                                                    • Malka (near Prokhladny)
                                                      Kuma (north of Kizlyar)

                                                      • Podkumok (near Georgiyevsk)
                                                        Volga (near Astrakhan)

                                                        • Samara (in Samara)
                                                          Kama (south of Kazan)

                                                          • Vyatka (near Nizhnekamsk)

                                                            • Cheptsa (near Kirov)
                                                              Belaya (near Neftekamsk)

                                                              • Ufa (in Ufa)

                                                                • Yuryuzan (near Karaidel)
                                                                  Chusovaya (near Perm)

                                                                  • Sylva (near Perm)
                                                                    Yegoshikha (in Perm)
                                                                    Mulyanka (in Perm)
                                                                    Vishera (near Solikamsk)

                                                                    • Kolva (near Cherdyn)
                                                                      Kazanka (in Kazan)
                                                                      Sviyaga (west of Kazan)
                                                                      Vetluga (near Kozmodemyansk)
                                                                      Sura (in Vasilsursk)
                                                                      Kerzhenets (near Lyskovo)
                                                                      Oka (in Nizhny Novgorod)

                                                                      • Klyazma (in Gorbatov)

                                                                        • Teza (near Yuzha)
                                                                          Nerl (near Vladimir)
                                                                          Moksha (near Yelatma)

                                                                          • Tsna (near Sasovo)
                                                                            Pra (near Kasimov)
                                                                            Moskva (in Kolomna)

                                                                            • Pakhra (near Moscow)
                                                                              Neglinnaya (in Moscow)
                                                                              Yauza (in Moscow)
                                                                              Setun (in Moscow)
                                                                              Istra (near Moscow)
                                                                              Ruza (near Ruza)
                                                                              Nara (in Serpukhov)
                                                                              Protva (near Serpukhov)
                                                                              Ugra (near Kaluga)
                                                                              Upa (near Suvorov)

                                                                              • Plava River (near Krapivna)
                                                                                Uzola (near Balakhna)
                                                                                Unzha (near Yuryevets)
                                                                                Kostroma (in Kostroma)

                                                                                • Vyoksa (in Buy)
                                                                                  Kotorosl (in Yaroslavl)
                                                                                  Sheksna (in Cherepovets)

                                                                                  • Lake Beloye (near Belozersk)

                                                                                    • Kovzha
                                                                                      Kema
                                                                                      Mologa (near Vesyegonsk)
                                                                                      Kashinka (near Kalyazin)
                                                                                      Nerl (near Kalyazin)
                                                                                      Medveditsa (near Kimry)
                                                                                      Dubna (in Dubna)

                                                                                      • Sestra (near Dubna)
                                                                                        Shosha (near Konakovo)

                                                                                        • Lama (near Kozlovo)
                                                                                          Tvertsa (in Tver)

                                                                                          • Osuga (near Torzhok)
                                                                                            Vazuza (in Zubtsov)
                                                                                            Selizharovka (in Selizharovo)
                                                                                            Ural (in Atyrau, Kazakhstan)

                                                                                            • Ilek (in Ilek)
                                                                                              Sakmara (in Orenburg) Caspian Sea
                                                                                              The rivers in this section are sorted west to east.

                                                                                              Ob (to Gulf of Ob)

                                                                                              • Irtysh (near Khanty-Mansiysk)

                                                                                                • Tobol (in Tobolsk)

                                                                                                  • Tavda (southwest of Tobolsk)
                                                                                                    Tura (some 80 km downstream from Tyumen)
                                                                                                    Iset (near Yalutorovsk)

                                                                                                    • Miass (east of Shadrinsk)
                                                                                                      Ishim (in Ust-Ishim)
                                                                                                      Tara near (Tara)
                                                                                                      Om (in Omsk)
                                                                                                      Vakh (near Nizhnevartovsk)
                                                                                                      Tym (in Ust-Tym)
                                                                                                      Vasyugan (in Kargasok)
                                                                                                      Parabel (near Kargasok)
                                                                                                      Ket (near Kolpashevo)
                                                                                                      Chulym (in Ust-Chulym)
                                                                                                      Tom (±50 km downstream from Tomsk)
                                                                                                      Aley (near Barnaul)
                                                                                                      Katun River (in Biysk)
                                                                                                      Biya River (in Biysk)

                                                                                                      • Chulyshman (into Lake Teletskoye)

                                                                                                        • Bashkaus

                                                                                                          • Chebdar
                                                                                                            Nadym (into Gulf of Ob in Khorovaya)
                                                                                                            Pur (into Gulf of Taz in Ivay-Sale)
                                                                                                            Taz (into Gulf of Taz in Tazovsky)
                                                                                                            Pyasina (east of Gulf of Taz)
                                                                                                            Yenisei

                                                                                                            • Turukhan (near Turukhansk)
                                                                                                              Lower Tunguska (in Turukhansk)
                                                                                                              Podkamennaya Tunguska (in Podkamennaya Tunguska)

                                                                                                              • Katanga
                                                                                                                Tetere
                                                                                                                Angara River (in Strelka)

                                                                                                                • Oka (near Bratsk)
                                                                                                                  Bolshaya Belaya (near Usolye-Sibirskoye)
                                                                                                                  Irkut (in Irkutsk)
                                                                                                                  Selenga (into Lake Baikal near Kabansk)

                                                                                                                  • Uda (in Ulan Ude)
                                                                                                                    Barguzin (into Lake Baikal in Ust-Barguzin)
                                                                                                                    Upper Angara River (into Lake Baikal near Severobaykalsk)
                                                                                                                    Abakan (in Abakan)
                                                                                                                    Khatanga (near Kozhevnikovo)

                                                                                                                    • Kotuy (near Khatanga)
                                                                                                                      Kheta (near Khatanga)
                                                                                                                      Anabar (at Khorgo)
                                                                                                                      Olenyok (in Ust-Olenyok)
                                                                                                                      Lena (near Tiksi)

                                                                                                                      • Vilyuy (near Sangar)

                                                                                                                        • Tyung
                                                                                                                          Aldan (in Batamay)

                                                                                                                          • Amga (in Ust-Amginskoye)
                                                                                                                            Maya (in Ust-Maya)
                                                                                                                            Olyokma
                                                                                                                            Nyuya (in Nyuya)
                                                                                                                            Vitim (in Vitim)
                                                                                                                            Kirenga (in Kirensk)
                                                                                                                            Yana (in Nizhneyansk)
                                                                                                                            Indigirka (near Tabor, Sakha)
                                                                                                                            Alazeya
                                                                                                                            Kolyma (near Ambarchik)

                                                                                                                            • Anyuy (near Nizhnekolymsk)
                                                                                                                              Omolon (±80 km upstream from Nizhnekolymsk) Arctic Ocean, east of Ural
                                                                                                                              The rivers in this section are sorted north to south.

                                                                                                                              Anadyr (in Anadyr)
                                                                                                                              Kamchatka (in Ust-Kamchatsk)
                                                                                                                              Avacha (near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
                                                                                                                              Uda (in Chumikan)
                                                                                                                              Amur (in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur)

                                                                                                                              • Anyuy (in Naykhin)
                                                                                                                                Ussuri (in Khabarovsk)
                                                                                                                                Bureya (near Raychikhinsk)
                                                                                                                                Zeya (in Blagoveshchensk)

                                                                                                                                • Tom (±80 km upstream from Blagoveshchensk)
                                                                                                                                  Selemdzha (±50 km upstream from Svobodny)
                                                                                                                                  Dep
                                                                                                                                  Shilka

                                                                                                                                  • Nercha (near Nerchinsk)
                                                                                                                                    Ingoda (near Shilka)
                                                                                                                                    Onon (near Shilka)
                                                                                                                                    Argun
                                                                                                                                    Tumen (in Sŏsura-ri, North Korea) Pacific Ocean/Sea of Okhotsk

                                                                                                                                    Chernaya River
                                                                                                                                    Kosovka River
                                                                                                                                    Kosovoy
                                                                                                                                    Sestra River (Leningrad Oblast) Alpabetical list
                                                                                                                                    Abakan, Alazeya, Aldan, Aley, Amga, Amur, Anabar, Anadyr, Angara River, Angrapa, Anyuy (Kolyma), Anyuy (Amur), Argun, Avacha, Barguzin, Bashkaus, Belaya, Berezayka, Bityug, Biya, Bolshaya Belaya, Bureya, Chagoda, Chebdar, Cheptsa, Chernaya, Chulym (Ob), Chulyshman, Chusovaya, Daugava/Western Dvina, Dep, Desna, Dnieper/Dnipro, Don, (Seversky) Donets, Dubna

                                                                                                                                    I–L
                                                                                                                                    Malka, Manych, Maya, Mezen, Miass, Mius, Moksha, Mologa, Moskva, Msta, Mulyanka, Nadym, Nara, Narva, Neglinnaya, Nemunas/Neman, Nercha, Nerl (Klyazma), Nerl (Volga), Neva, Niva, Northern Dvina, Nyuya, Ob, Oka (Volga), Oka (Angara River), Olenyok, Olyokma, Om, Omolon, Onega, Onon, Oredezh, Osuga, Oyat, Pakhra, Pasha, Parabel, Pechora, Pinega, Pissa, Plava, Podkamennaya Tunguska, Podkumok, Pola, Polist, Polota, Ponoy, Pra, Pregolya, Protva, Pur, Pyasina, Ravan, Ruza, Sakmara, Sal, Samara, Seim, Selemdzha, Selenga, Sestra River (Leningrad Oblast), Sestra River (Dubna), Šešupė, Setun, Sheksna, Shelon, Shilka, Shosha, Sudost, Sukhona, Sura, Svir, Sviyaga, Syas, Sylva

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