The Pasha (russian: Пашá) is a
river
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in
Tikhvinsky and
Volkhovsky District
Volkhovsky District (russian: Во́лховский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #56-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central eastern part of the ob ...
s in the northeastern part 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 left
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
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 Pasha is the largest of Svir's tributaries. It is long, and the area of its basin .
Its largest tributary is the
Kapsha (right).
The source of the Pasha is in
Lake Pashozero
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 ...
in Tikhvinsky District in the northeast of Leningrad Oblast. The river flows southwest, accepts the Kapsha from the right, and close to the village of
Novoye Selo turns north. The Pasha crosses into Volkhovsky District and downstream of the village of
Vonga turns northwest. It joins the Svir just away from Svir's mouth, in the settlement of
Sviritsa.
The
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
of the Pasha includes large areas in the northeast of Leningrad Oblast. These lie in the center and the east of Tikhvinsky District, in the south of
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 ...
, in the northeast of
Boksitogorsky District
Boksitogorsky District (russian: Бокситого́рский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #78-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the ob ...
, as well as in the northwest of Volkhovsky District. A number of big lakes lie in the Pasha basin, including Lake Pashozero,
Lake Kapshozero,
Lake Lerinskoye, and
Lake Korvalskoye.
The lowest of the river course, downstream of the settlement of Rybezhno, are listed as navigable in the State Water Register of Russia.
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 ...
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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