Shosha River

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Shosha River (Russian: Шоша) is a river in Tver and partially Moscow Oblasts in Russia, a right tributary of the Volga River. The length of the Shosha River is 163 km. The area of its basin is 3,080 km². The river flows into the Ivankovo Reservoir. The Shosha freezes up in November – early January and stays icebound until late March – early April.

Volga River
Map of the drainage basin of the Volga.
Tributaries: TvertsaShoshaDubnaMedveditsaNerlKashinkaMologaSheksnaKotoroslKostromaUnzhaUzolaOkaKerzhenetsSuraVetlugaSviyagaKazankaKamaSamaraAkhtuba (distributary)
Reservoirs: Volga Lake • IvankovoUglichRybinskGorky • Cheboksary • Kuybyshev • Saratov • Volgograd
Hydroelectric stations: Uglich • Rybinsk • Nizhny Novgorod • Cheboksary • Zhigulyov • SaratovVolga
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