The Mosha (russian: Моша) is a river in Plesetsky and

Nyandomsky District Nyandomsky District (russian: Ня́ндомский 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 Nyandomsky Municipal Distri ...

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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 ...

in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Onega. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributaries of the Mosha are Iksa (left), Lim (right), Lepsha (right), and Lelma (left). As a matter of fact, the longest tributary of the Mosha, the Lepsha, is longer than the Mosha itself. The river basin of the Mosha includes almost all of Nyandomsky District and some areas in Plesetsky, Velsky, Konoshsky, and

Shenkursky District Shenkursky District (russian: Ше́нкурский 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 Shenkursky Municipal Distri ...

s. For a river of this length, the watershed area is rather big. The source of the Mosha is

Lake Bolshoye Moshenskoye A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

in Nyandomsky District. The Mosha is however only the final part of a longer waterway: the Voyezerka which empties into Lake Bolshoye Moshenskoye has its source in

Lake Spasskoye A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

, another major lake in the area, and the right tributary of the Voyezerka, the Kanaksha, has a length of . Starting from Lake Bolshoye Moshenskoye, the Mosha flows north-west and very soon accepts the Iksa from the left and the Lim from the right. Downstream, it also accepts the

Shozhma Shozhma (russian: Шожма) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a railway station) in Nyandomsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. History It was founded as a railway station, located from Moscow, during the ...

from the left and the Nimenga from the right. The Mosha crosses the railway line between Konosha and Arkhangelsk at the station of

Shalakusha Shalakusha (russian: Шалакуша) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Nyandomsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects ...

and behind the station accepts the Lepsha from the right. Then it crosses into Plesetsky District and accepts the Lelma from the left. Close to the mouth, on the right bank of the Mosha there is a big ''selo'' of Fedovo. The mouth of the mosha is across the village of Boyarskaya. The upper stretch of the river, close to the Lake Bolshoye Moshenskoye, is populated. The lowest village at this stretch is Malaya Orma. There are no villages between Malaya Orma and Shalakusha, and equally no villages between Shalakusha and Prokhnovo, upstream from Fedovo. There are villages located at some of the tributaries of the Mosha though.

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{{Reflist Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast