The Svid (russian: Свидь) is a river in Kargopolsky District in the south-west 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 ...

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. It connects

Lake Vozhe Lake Vozhe, also known as Lake Charondskoye (russian: Воже, Чарондское), is a lake in the northern part of Vologda Oblast in Russia. The area of the lake is , and the area of its basin is . The average depth is around (maximum depth ...

and Lake Lacha and belongs to the river basin of the Onega. It is long, and the area of its basin . The Svid is part of a major waterway from the

Vozhega Vozhega (russian: Вожега) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Vozhegodsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia. It also serves as the administrative center of Vozhegodsky Selsoviet, although it is ...

via Lakes Vozhe and Lacha to the Onega River, one of the biggest river basins of the

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. Its source is the

at the border of

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. The Svid flows from Lake Vozhe to the north, through a very sparsely populated landscape. In its upper course the river is between and wide, and flows between boggy and wooded banks. In the middle part of the river the banks becomes more rocky, and the river forms many small rapids. Here the river narrows to and flows faster, and the banks are higher and steeper. In its lower reaches the river slows again, and the bank becomes low and marshy. The Svid empties into the southern end of Lake Lacha, which drains through the Onega towards the

. The Svid below the rapids (downstream from the village of Gorka) is navigable, though there is no regular passenger navigation.

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{{reflist Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast