Skhodnya (river)
Appearance
Skhodnya | |
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Native name | Сходня (Russian) |
Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Moskva |
• coordinates | 55°49′24″N 37°24′44″E / 55.8234°N 37.4122°E |
Length | 47 km (29 mi) |
Basin size | 255 km2 (98 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Moskva→ Oka→ Volga→ Caspian Sea |
The Skhodnya (Russian: Сходня, IPA: [ˈsxodʲnʲə]) is a river in the northwest of Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is the second-largest tributary of the Moskva, after the Yauza. It is 47 kilometres (29 mi) long (of which 5 km in Moscow proper), and has a drainage basin of 255 square kilometres (98 sq mi).[1] The Skhodnya originates near the village of Alabushevo (part of Zelenograd) and flows into the Moskva River near the Tushino Airfield. The Skhodnya is connected with a derivational canal, which supplies water from the Volga through the Khimki Reservoir (with the help of the Skhodnenskaya hydroelectric plant) to Moscow for sanitary irrigation.
Gallery
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Plan 1692 (Drawing of land along the river Skhodnya near the village Kurkino)
References
- ^ «Река СХОДНЯ», Russian State Water Registry