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Lake Kovzhskoye Lake Kovzhskoye (russian: Ковжское озеро) is a freshwater lake, located in the center of Vytegorsky District of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is one of the biggest lakes in Vologda Oblast and the second biggest one in Vytegorsky Distri ...

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Lake Beloye Lake Beloye or White LakeArukask, Madis, & Taisto-Kalevi Raudalainen. 2014. Autobiographical and Interpretive Dynamics in the Oral Repertoire of a Vepsian Woman. In: Marion Bowman & Ülo Valk (eds.), ''Vernacular Religion in Everyday Life: Expres ...

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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 ...

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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 .

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The Kovzha (russian: Ковжа) is a river in Vytegorsky, Belozersky, 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 borders ...

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Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast ( rus, Вологодская область, p=vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Vologodskaya oblast, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The Oblast has a population of 1,202,444 ...

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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 ...

. It is long, and the area of its basin . The Kovzha River is a part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway. The main

tributaries 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 b ...

are the Tumba and the

Shola Sholas are the local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India, largely in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu. These patches of shola forest are found ...

(both right). The source of the Kovzha is in the western bay of Lake Kovzhskoye. The river follows about its natural course and then joins the Volga-Baltic Waterway and turns south. In the lower course, the Kovzha forms the border between Belozersky and Vashkinsky Districts. The lowest course of the river is a water reservoir. Here the Kovzha accepts the Shola, its main tributary, from the right. The river basin of the Kovzha comprises the central part of Vytegorsky District, the western part of Vashkinsky District, and the northern part of Belozersky District. It is limited in the east by the river basin of the

Kema Kema or KEMA may refer to: * KEMA, an energy consultancy company * Kema (river), a river in Russia * Kema District, a district in North Sulawesi, Indonesia *Kema Chikwe, Nigerian politician * Kema Jack (born 1982), footballer from Papua New Guinea ...

, in the north and the west by the river basins of tributaries of

Lake Onega Lake Onega (; also known as Onego, rus, Оне́жское о́зеро, r=Onezhskoe ozero, p=ɐˈnʲɛʂskəɪ ˈozʲɪrə; fi, Ääninen, Äänisjärvi; vep, Änine, Änižjärv) is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Repu ...

, most notably the

Vytegra Vytegra ( rus, Вы́тегра, p=ˈvɨtʲɪɡrə) is a town and the administrative center of Vytegorsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located along the shores of the Vytegra River on Volga–Baltic Waterway, northwest of Vologda, the ad ...

, and in the south by the basin of the Megra, another tributary of lake Beloye. Between 1927 and 1959 the '' selo'' of

Annensky Most Annensky Most (russian: А́нненский Мост) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kemskoye Rural Settlement, Vytegorsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 2,166 as of 2002. There are 32 streets. Geography Annensky Most is ...

, in the middle stream of the Kovzha, was the administrative center of Kovzhinsky District. The name of the district originated from the name of the river. In 1959, the district was abolished, and its area was split between Vashkinsky and Vytegorsky Districts.

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