The Oyat () is a
river
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in
Babayevsky District
Babayevsky District (russian: Баба́евский район) is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1105-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with ...
of
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 ...
and
Podporozhsky and
Lodeynopolsky District
Lodeynopolsky District (russian: Лодейнопо́льский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #63-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the ...
s of
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...
of
Russia
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, a major left tributary of the
Svir
The Svir (, Veps: , Karelian/Finnish: ) is a river in Podporozhsky, Lodeynopolsky, and Volkhovsky districts in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It flows westwards from Lake Onega to Lake Ladoga, thus connecting the two largest ...
(
Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga (; rus, Ла́дожское о́зеро, r=Ladozhskoye ozero, p=ˈladəʂskəjə ˈozʲɪrə or rus, Ла́дога, r=Ladoga, p=ˈladəɡə, fi, Laatokka arlier in Finnish ''Nevajärvi'' ; vep, Ladog, Ladoganjärv) is a fresh ...
basin). The length of the Oyat is , and the area of its
drainage basin
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is .
The source of the Oyat is
Lake Chaymozero
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in the western part of Babayevsky District. The Oyat flows to the northwest and enters Leningrad Oblast. In the village of
Shandovichi it turns north. Upstream of the
selo of
Vinnitsy the Oyat accepts the
Tuksha from the right and sharply turns southwest. It enters Lodeynopolsky District and in the selo of
Alekhovshchina turns northwest. The mouth of the Oyat is located in the selo of
Domozhilovo. Much of the valley of the Oyat in Leningrad oblast is populated.
The drainage basin of the Oyat includes the southern parta of Podporozhsky and Lodeynopolsky Districts, the areas in the west of
Vytegorsky and Babayevsky Districts of Vologda Oblast, as well as minor areas in the north of
Tikhvinsky District
Tikhvinsky District (russian: Ти́хвинский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #52-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and bo ...
of Leningrad Oblast. There are many lakes in the basin of the Oyat, the biggest of them being
Lake Savozero
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.
See also
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List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into ...
*
Vepsian Upland
Vepsian Upland (russian: Вепсовская возвышенность vep, Vepsän ülüz) is a hilly region of the East European Plain located in Vologda Oblast and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Lake Onega is located to the north.
A forested sec ...
References
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Rivers of Leningrad Oblast
Rivers of Vologda Oblast