Upa River

For a river in the Czech Republic, see Úpa River.

Upa (Russian: Упа́) is a river in Tula Oblast, Russia, one of the main tributaries of the Oka River.

The river is 345 km long; the city of Tula is on its banks. The name of the river is of Baltic origin.[1]

References

  1. ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow: Russkie slovari, 1998), p. 423: "cf. Lithuanian ùpė, upìs, upỹs, Latvian upe 'river, stream.'"