Vetluga River
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For the town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, see Vetluga.
| Vetluga River | |
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| Mouth | Volga River |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Length | 889 km |
| Avg. discharge | 255 m3/s |
| Basin area | 39,000 km2 |
Vetluga (Russian: Ветлу́га) is a river in the Kirov Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Mari El Republic and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of Russia. It is a left tributary of Volga, confluence near Kozmodemyansk. The river is navigable.
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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: Volga Lake • Ivankovo • Uglich • Rybinsk • Gorky • Cheboksary • Kuybyshev • Saratov • Volgograd | |||
| Hydroelectric stations: Uglich • Rybinsk • Nizhny Novgorod • Cheboksary • Zhigulyov • Saratov • Volga | |||
