The Kema (russian: Кема) is a river in Vytegorsky and

Vashkinsky District Vashkinsky District (russian: Ва́шкинский район) is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1108-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and border ...

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. It flows out of Lake Kemskoye and is a

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of Lake Beloye. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main

is the Indomanka (left). The source of the Kema is Lake Kemskoye in the north of Vytegorsky District. The river flows in the general direction south and enters Vashkinsky District. It accepts the Indomanka River from the left and turns southwest. The lower course of the river is a water reservoir. The Kema belongs to the river basins of the

Sheksna The Sheksna (russian: Шексна́) is a river in Belozersky, Kirillovsky, Sheksninsky, and Cherepovetsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volga. It is long, and the area of its basin .

, the

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, and the basin of the

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. The river basin of the Kema comprises the eastern part of Vytegorsky District, the northern and the eastern parts of Vashkinsky District, and minor areas in

Kargopolsky District Kargopolsky District (russian: Каргопо́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kargopolsky Municipa ...

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. The biggest river belonging to the basin of the Kema is the Soyda River, a tributary of Lake Kemskoye. The Kema River freezes up in early November and stays icebound until late April. Until the 1990s, the Kema was used for timber rafting.

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