river
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in the Moscow
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, Nizhny Novgorod
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, Ivanovo
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and Vladimir
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* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr f ...
Oblast
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s in Russia
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, forms a left tributary
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(Lysefjord) in Norway
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of the Oka.КлязьмаGreat Soviet Encyclopedia
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The river has a length of . The area of its drainage basin
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is . The Klyazma usually freezes up in November and stays under the ice until mid-April, although in faster-moving stretches ice-free water occurs until the air temperature drops below .
The largest tributaries of the Klyazma include (from source to mouth):«Река ОЗЕРО МАЛЫЕ ПОДБОРЦЫ»Russian State Water Registry * Ucha (left) * Vorya (left) *
Sherna
The Sherna (russian: Ше́рна) is a river in Vladimir
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* Ul ...
(left)
* Kirzhach
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(left)
* Peksha (left)
* Polya (river), Polya (right)
* Koloksha (river), Koloksha (left)
* Nerl (Klyazma), Nerl (left)
* Sudogda (river), Sudogda (right)
* Nerekhta (river), Nerekhta (right)
* Uvod (left)
* Teza (river), Teza (left)
* Lukh (river), Lukh (left)
* Suvoroshch (right)
The Klyazma is navigable within from its estuary and in the area of the Klyazminskoye Reservoir. The cities of Gorokhovets, Vladimir Oblast, Gorokhovets, Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, Mendeleyevo, Pavlovsky Posad, Vladimir, Russia, Vladimir, Kovrov, Shchyolkovo, Losino-Petrovsky, Noginsk, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Sobinka and Vyazniki stand on the shores of the Klyazma River.
The basin of the Klyazma formed the center of the Vladimir-Suzdal, Vladimir-Suzdal principality in the 12th to 14th centuries CE.
References
Rivers of Moscow Oblast Rivers of Vladimir Oblast Rivers of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Rivers of Ivanovo Oblast {{Russia-river-stub