The Shozma (russian: Шожма) is a river in
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 ...
of
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 left
tributary of the
Mosha
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. It is long.
The river flows out of Lake Big Shozhma (russian:
Bolshoye Shozmozero
Bolshoye (russian: Большое) is a rural locality (a selo) in Prokhorovsky District Prokhorovsky District (russian: Про́хоровский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Ru ...
), crosses the
Arkhangelsk-Moscow railway near the village of
Shipakhovsky and crosses the village, then flows to the north up to village of
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 ...
, which is on the left bank, there it turns to the east. The Shozhma flows in the general direction of the north-east. Another settlement on the river banks was the village of Kondratovskaya (with historical name the "Village of Shozhma" (russian: derevnya Shozhma) in the middle course of the river. Kondratovskaya is now deserted.
References
Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast
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