The Kholova (russian: Холова) is a river in
Krestetsky and
Malovishersky District
Malovishersky District (russian: Малови́шерский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #559-OZ and municipalLaw #356-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and b ...
s of
Novgorod Oblast
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in
Russia
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. It is a left
tributary
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of the
Msta
The Msta () is a river in Tver and Novgorod Oblasts of northwestern Russia, a tributary of Lake Ilmen. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Msta are the Berezayka (left), the Uver (right), the Peretna (left ...
. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Kholova are the
Khuba (right) and the
Moshnya (left). The urban-type settlement of
Kresttsy Kresttsy (russian: Крестцы) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, inhabited localities in Russia.
Urban localities
*Kresttsy, Krestetsky District, Novgorod Oblast, a urban-type settlement, work settlement in Krestet ...
is located on the Kholova.
The source of the Kholova lies in
Valday Hills
The Valdai Hills (russian: Валда́йская возвы́шенность, Valdáyskaya vozvýshennost'), sometimes referred to as just Valdai (russian: Валда́й, Valdáy), are an upland region in the north-west of central European R ...
, in the system of interconnected lakes at the border between
Okulovsky and Krestetsky District. The river flows west, turns northwest, passes Kresttsy, turns north and enters Malovishersky District. Downstream of Kresttsy, it runs along the
Ilmen Depression Ilmen may refer to:
* Lake Ilmen, a lake in Russia
*'' Il’mena'', a Russian ship
* Middle-earth cosmology#Ilmen, an atmospheric region of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth stories
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, which is almost flat. The mouth of the Kholova is close to the village of
Zakholovye.
The Kholova is the main river of Krestetsky District. Its river basin comprises most of the area of the district, as well as minor areas in the southwest of Okulovsky District and in the southwest of Malovishersky District.
References
External links
* {{cite web, url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=151882, script-title=ru:Река Холова, publisher=State Water Register of Russia, language=Russian, accessdate=3 February 2012
Rivers of Novgorod Oblast