The Guslitsa (russian: Гу́слица), also known as Guslyanka (Гусля́нка) is a river in
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
,
Russia
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. It is a left
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of the
Nerskaya
The Nerskaya (russian: Не́рская) is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Moskva. It is 92 km in length, with a drainage basin of 1,510 km².Moskva tributary). It is long, and has a drainage basin of .«Река ГУСЛИЦА» Russian State Water Registry Source near the city of
Yegoryevsk
Yegoryevsk (russian: Его́рьевск) is a town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Guslitsa River southeast of Moscow.
Toponymy
Yegoryevsk was named ho ...
. Flows all over again on the North, and then on the West, running in the Nerskaya at the village Khoteichi. The upper reaches of the Guslitsa River up to village Ilyinsky Pogost are densely populated and almost without forest. The river has flat type. A feed mainly snow. Guslitsa freezes in November — the beginning of December, it is opened in the end of March — April.
Main tributaries: Desna, Shuvoyka, Silenka.
The city of Yegoryevsk and the villages of Ilyinsky Pogost and Slobodishche are situated on the Guslitsa River.
The river Guslitsa gave its name to the historical area
Guslitsa
Guslitsa, Guslica, or Guslicy (russian: Гу́слица, Гу́слицы) is a region situated in the eastern part of Moscow Oblast. Guslitsa is famous for it was almost entirely inhabited by the Old Believers, mainly popovtsy (Belokrinitska ...
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References
# Russian: ''Вагнер Б. Б.'' Реки и озера Подмосковья. — М.: Вече, 2007. — С. 84–86. {{ISBN, 5-9533-1885-5.
Rivers of Moscow Oblast