The Redya (russian: Редья) is a river in Kholmsky, Poddorsky, Starorussky, and

Parfinsky District Parfinsky District (russian: Парфинский район) is an administrativeLaw #559-OZ and municipalLaw #354-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with K ...

s of Novgorod Oblast in

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. It is a left

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of the Lovat. It is long, and the area of its basin . The source of the Redya is in

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in Kholmsky District. The upper course of the river, including Lake Rdeyskoye, is located within

Rdeysky Nature Reserve Rdeysky Nature Reserve, Rdeysky Zapovednik (russian: Рдейский заповедник) is a nature reserve (a ''zapovednik'') in the northwest of Russia, located in Poddorsky District, Poddorsky and Kholmsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Kholmsk ...

, which is a vast swampy unpopulated area. The Redya flows northeast. Onle several initial kilometers of its course are located in Kholmsky District, after which the Redya crosses over to Poddorsky District. The district administrative center, the selo of

Poddorye Poddorye (russian: Поддорье) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Poddorsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located in the southwest of the oblast, on the Redya River, a left tributary of the Lovat River. ...

, is located on the left bank of the Redya. Downstream of Poddorye, the Redya crosses into Starorussky District. In this area, the Redya is one of many sizeable rivers flowing northeast over the

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, towards

Lake Ilmen Lake Ilmen ( rus, И́льмень, p=ˈilʲmʲɪnʲ) is a large lake in the Novgorod Oblast of Russia. A historically important lake, it formed a vital part of the medieval trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks. The city of Novgorod - wh ...

. The course of the Redya is confined between the courses of the Lovat (east) and the Porusya (west). For approximately the Redya forms the boundary between Starorussky and Parfinsky Districts. In the lower course it departs from the boundary back into Starorussky District and joins the Lovat, forming a joint

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with the Lovat, the

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, and the

Polist The Polist () is a river in Bezhanitsky District of Pskov Oblast and in Poddorsky District, Poddorsky and Starorussky District, as well as in the town of Staraya Russa of Novgorod Oblast of Russia. It is technically a tributary of the Lovat (river) ...

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{{Reflist Rivers of Novgorod Oblast