The Khmost (russian: Хмость) is a river in
Dukhovshchinsky,
Smolensky, and
Kardymovsky District
Kardymovsky District (russian: Карды́мовский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #87-z district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and b ...
s of
Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Oblast (russian: Смоле́нская о́бласть, ''Smolenskaya oblast''; informal name — ''Smolenschina'' (russian: Смоле́нщина)) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city o ...
,
Russia
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, a right tributary of the
Dnieper
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The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and ...
. The length of the river is , and the area of its
drainage basin
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is .
The settlement of
Kardymovo
Kardymovo (russian: Кардымово) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Kardymovsky District.
Geography
The town is located on the railway Smolensk-Moscow, 28 km ...
is located near the
river mouth.
The source of the Khmost is in the west of Dukhovshchina District, north of the village of
Vasino. It flows south and downstream of the village of
Botino makes the border between Dukhovshchinsky and Smolensky Districts. A short stretch of the river crosses Smolensky District, then the river turns east and forms the border between Dukhovshchinsky and Kardymovsky Districts. In the village of
Lisichino, it departs from the border and flows southeast through Kardymovsky District. The mouth of the Khmost is south of the village of
Ryzhkovo.
References
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Rivers of Smolensk Oblast