The Valdayka (russian: Валда́йка) is a river in
Valdaysky District
Valdaysky District (russian: Валда́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #559-OZ and municipalLaw #371-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders ...
of
Novgorod Oblast and in
Bologovsky District
Bologovsky District (russian: Болого́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Borovichsk ...
of
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...
in
Russia
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. It is a
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
Lake Piros
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and belongs to the basin of the river
Msta. It is long, and the area of its basin .
The Valdayka flows over the
Valdai Hills and is a part of the waterway from
Lake Valdayskoye
Lake Valdayskoye, or Lake Valdai (russian: Валдайское озеро, озеро Валдай, translit = ozero Valdai) is a freshwater lake located in the center of Valdaysky District of Novgorod Oblast in Russia in the middle of the Val ...
to
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 source of the Valdayka is in
Lake Uzhin
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, close to the town of
Valday. The river flows north-east to Lake Piros. It runs through a number of lakes long and wide, in particular,
Lake Zakidovskoye
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and
Lake Plotichno
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. The
Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway crosses the Valdayka close to the village of
Lykoshino Lykoshino (russian: Лыкошино) is the name of several rural localities in Russia:
* Lykoshino (settlement), Bologovsky District, Tver Oblast, a settlement in Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast
* Lykoshino (village), Bologovsky District, Tver ...
. Since the
Berezayka
The Berezayka () is a river in Valdaysky District of Novgorod Oblast and Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast of Russia. It is left tributary of the Msta and belongs to the drainage basin of the Neva and the Baltic Sea. It is long, and the area of ...
flows through the Lake Piros, the Valdayka is considered its tributary.
As many rivers in the Valdai Hills, it is a popular rafting route.
References
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Rivers of Novgorod Oblast
Rivers of Tver Oblast