The Ucha (russian: Уча́) is a river in
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
,
Russia
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. It is a left tributary of the
Klyazma
The Klyazma (, ''Klyaz'ma''), a river in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, forms a left tributary of the Oka.[Moscow Canal
The Moscow Canal (russian: Кана́л и́мени Москвы́), named the Moskva–Volga Canal until 1947, is a canal in Russia that connects the Moskva River with the Volga River. It is located in Moscow itself and in the Moscow ...]
has separated the upper course of the Ucha from its lower course.
The Ucha is 42 km in length, with a
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 605 km². It flows through the towns of
Pushkino and
Ivanteyevka Ivanteyevka (russian: Ивантеевка) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
* Ivanteyevka, Moscow Oblast, a town in Moscow Oblast; administratively incorporated as a town under oblast jurisdiction
;Rural ...
, and flows into the Klyazma at the town of
Shchyolkovo
Shchyolkovo ( rus, Щёлково, p=ˈɕːɵlkəvə) is a city and the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River ( Oka's tributary), northeast of Moscow. Population: 112,865 ( 200 ...
.
Tributaries
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 b ...
:
Serebryanka,
Akulovka,
Samoryadovka,
Razderikha.
References
Rivers of Moscow Oblast
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