Sheksna River
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For the urban-type settlement in Vologda Oblast, see Sheksna.
For the anti-tank missile, see AT-12 Sheksna.
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| Origin | Lake Beloye |
| Mouth | Volga River |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Length | 139 km |
| Source elevation | 120 m |
| Avg. discharge | 172 m³/s |
| Basin area | 19,000 km² |
Sheksna (Russian: Шексна́) is a river in Vologda Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of Volga. It has its source in the Lake Beloye at , and joins the northern part of the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga near in the city of Cherepovets. Presently it has a length of 139 km, while it used to be some 400 km long, and joined the Volga at Rybinsk before its lower part was flooded, and became a part of the Rybinsk Reservoir. The Sheksna is a part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway.
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| Tributaries: Tvertsa • Shosha • Dubna • Medveditsa • Nerl • Kashinka • Mologa • Sheksna • Kotorosl • Kostroma • Unzha • Uzola • Oka • Kerzhenets • Sura • Vetluga • Sviyaga • Kazanka • Kama • Samara • Akhtuba (distributary) | |||
| Reservoirs: Volgo Lake • Ivankovo • Uglich • Rybinsk • Gorky • Cheboksary • Kuybyshev • Saratov • Volgograd | |||
| Hydroelectric stations: Ivankovo • Uglich • Rybinsk • Nizhny Novgorod • Cheboksary • Zhigulyov • Saratov • Volga | |||
