The Okhta () is a river in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast and the eastern part of the city of Saint Petersburg,

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. It is the largest right tributary of the river Neva. It joins the Neva upstream of the Neva's mouth, within the city limits of Saint Petersburg. The length of the Okhta is , and the area of its drainage basin is . Its largest tributary is the Okkervil (left). The

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( long, wide, with a volume of 4 mln m³) has been built on the Okhta. The Utkina Dacha estate is located on the banks of the Okhta close to the mouth of the Okkervil. The source of the Okhta is in the swamps in the northwestern part of Vsevolozhsky District, north of the town of

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. The Okhta flows southeast, downstream of the settlement of Vartemyagi turns east, passes southwest of the urban-type settlement of

Toksovo Toksovo (russian: То́ксово; fi, Toksova) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located to the north of St. Petersburg on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by two nei ...

and turns south. Below Toksovo, it essentially flows through the suburbs of Saint Petersburg. Downstream of the town of Murino it enters the city of Saint Petersburg, passes

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and has its mouth under the Malookhtinsky Bridge, which separates Malookhtinskaya and

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s. The drainage basin of the Okhta includes the south of the Karelian Isthmus. The town of

Vsevolozhsk Vsevolozhsk ( rus, Все́воложск, p=ˈfsʲevələʂsk; fi, Seuloskoi) is a town and the administrative center of Vsevolozhsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus east of St. Petersburg. Populati ...

and the urban-type settlements of Toksovo and

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are located in this river basin. Large lakes in the basin of the Okhta include

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and

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{{Rivers and channels of Saint Petersburg Rivers of Leningrad Oblast Rivers of Saint Petersburg Karelian Isthmus

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