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Zhelcha
The Zhelcha (russian: Желча) is a river in Strugo-Krasnensky and Gdovsky Districts in Pskov Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ..., a tributary of Lake Peipus. It is long, and the area of its drainage basin is . It is navigable downstream from the settlement of Yamm. The main tributaries of the Zhelcha are the rivers Dubenka, the Krapivenka, the Nizhnyaya Belka, and the Yeglina. The source of the Zhelcha is located in the western part of Strugo-Krasnensky District, to the north of the village of Tvorozhkovo. The Zhelcha flows in the northwestern direction, and in the village of Yukhnovo turns west. It enters Gdovsky District, flows through the selos of Polna and Yamm, and turns southwest. The mouth of the Zhelcha is north of the village of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdovsky District
Gdovsky District (russian: Гдо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Pskov Oblast, twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Slantsevsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the north, Plyussky District in the east, Strugo-Krasnensky District in the southeast, and with Pskovsky District in the south. Lake Peipus forms the border with Estonia in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, town of Gdov. Population: 17,715 (Russian Census (2002), 2002 Census); The population of Gdov accounts for 34.2% of the district's total population. Geography The districts belongs to the drainage basin, basin of the Narva River. The principal river in the north of the district is the Plyussa River, Plyussa, which crosses the district, enters Leningrad Oblast, and joins th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strugo-Krasnensky District
Strugo-Krasnensky District (russian: Струго-Красненский район) is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Plyussky District in the north, Shimsky and Soletsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast in the east, Porkhovsky District in the south, Pskovsky District in the west, and with Gdovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Strugi Krasnye. Population: 16,579 ( 2002 Census); The population of Strugi Krasnye accounts for 62.7% of the district's total population. Geography The district is located on the divide between the basins of the Narva and Neva Rivers. The southeastern part of the district lies in the basin of the Sitnya River, a left tributary of the Shelon in the basin of the Neva. The rivers in the north of the district drain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remdovsky Zakaznik
Remdovsky Zakaznik (russian: Ремдовский заказник) is a federal zakaznik, a nature protected area, in the northwest of Russia, located in Gdovsky and Pskovsky Districts of Pskov Oblast, north of the city of Pskov. It was established in 1985 to protect flora and fauna (in particular, rare species) of the lowlands adjacent to Lake Peipus. The name of the zakaznik originates from the Remda River, a left tributary of the Zhelcha River, which flows in the zakaznik. Geography Remdovsky Zakaznik is located on the eastern bank of Lake Peipus, in the area separating two its biggest parts, Lake Chudskoye (Lake Peipsi) in the north and Lake Pskovskoye (Lake Pihkva) in the south. The biggest river in the zakaznik is the Zhelcha, the lower course of which enters the zakaznik from the north. The area is flat and swampy. There are over twenty-five lakes in the zakaznik. Flora 78% of the forest are pine forests, 2% is occupied by spruce, and 22% are birch, aspen, and alder. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamm (rural Locality)
Yamm (russian: Ямм) is a rural locality (a village) in Gdovsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the central portion of the district on the Zhelcha River. The population in 2010 was 848. From 1947 to 1958, the village was the administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ... of Polnovsky District. References Rural localities in Pskov Oblast Gdovsky Uyezd Gdovsky District {{PskovOblast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Peipus
Lake Peipus ( et, Peipsi-Pihkva järv; russian: Чудско-Псковское озеро, Псковско-Чудское озеро, Chudsko-Pskovskoye ozero, Pskovsko-Chudskoye ozero); is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the border between Estonia and Russia. The lake is the fifth-largest in Europe after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (in Russia north of Saint Petersburg), Lake Vänern (in Sweden), and Lake Saimaa (in Finland). The lake is a remnant of water regularly collecting at the foot of large, perennial arctic ice sheets during recent ice ages. It covers , and has an average depth of , the deepest point being .Чудско-Псковское озеро |
Pskov Oblast
Pskov Oblast (russian: Пско́вская о́бласть, ') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Pskov. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, its population was 673,423. Geography Pskov Oblast is the westernmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of contiguous Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast, while located further to the west, is an enclave and exclave, exclave).1september.ru. Д. В. Заяц (D. V. Zayats).Псковская область (''Pskov Oblast''). It borders with Leningrad Oblast in the north, Novgorod Oblast in the east, Tver Oblast, Tver and Smolensk Oblasts in the southeast, Vitebsk Region, Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus in the south, and with the counties of Latvia (Alūksne Municipality, Balvi Municipality, and Ludza Municipality) and Estonia (Võru County) in the west. In the northwest, Pskov O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
