The Kubena (russian: Кубена) is a river in

Konoshsky District Konoshsky District (russian: Ко́ношский 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 Konoshsky Municipal District.L ...

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...

and Vozhegodsky, Syamzhensky, Kharovsky, Sokolsky, and

Ust-Kubinsky District Ust-Kubinsky District (russian: Усть-Ку́бинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1125-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and ...

s of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is long, and the area of its basin . The Kubena is the principal tributary of Lake Kubenskoye and belongs to the basins of the

Sukhona The Sukhona (russian: Су́хона) is a river in the European part of Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina. The course of the Sukhona lies in Ust-Kubinsky, Sokolsky, Mezhdurechensky, Totemsky, Tarnogsky, Nyuksensky, and Velikoustyug ...

and the White Sea. Its main tributaries are the

Syamzhena The Syamzhena (russian: Сямжена) is a river in Sokolsky and Syamzhensky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Kubena. It is long, and the area of its basin . Its main tributaries are the Shichenga (right) an ...

(left) and the Sit (right). The town of

Kharovsk Kharovsk (russian: Ха́ровск) is a town and the administrative center of Kharovsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kubena River, north of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Populat ...

is situated on the left bank of the river. The '' selo'' of

Ustye, Ust-Kubinsky District, Vologda Oblast Ustye (russian: У́стье), also known as Ustye-Kubenskoye (), is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Ust-Kubinsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Kubena River close to its confl ...

, and administrative center of Ust-Kubinsky District, is located in the mouth of the Kubena. The river basin of the Kubena comprises vast areas in the center of Vologda Oblast and in the south of Arkhangelsk oblast and separates the river basins of the Onega in the west and the Vaga in the east. Four district centers of Vologda Oblast, Syamzha, Kharovsk, and Ustye, are located in the basin of the Kubena. The source of the Kubena is located in the hills south of the settlement of

Konosha Konosha (russian: Коноша) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Konoshsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Konosha River, south of Arkhangelsk. It also serves as the administr ...

. The river flows south, enters Vologda Oblast, turns northeast and crosses Vozhegodsky District, turning south, and eventually southwest. It accepts the Syamzhena from the left and turns west. Downstream of the town of Kharovsk the Kubena accepts the Sit from the right and eventually turns southwest. Exiting Kharovsky District, a stretch of the Kubena forms the border between Ust-Kubinsky District (right) and Sokolsky District (left). Further the Kubena enters Ust-Kubinsky district and empties into Lake Kubenskoye, forming a river delta. The lowest stretch of the Kubena of the length of is listed in State Water Register of Russia as navigable, however, there is no passenger navigation.

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*{{cite web, url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=158114, script-title=ru:Река Кубена (Кубина), publisher=State Water Register of Russia, language=Russian, accessdate=20 October 2011 Rivers of Vologda Oblast Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast