The Vazuza (russian: Вазу́за), a river in the
Novoduginsky and
Sychyovsky districts of
Smolensk Oblast
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and in the
Zubtsovsky District
Zubtsovsky District (russian: Зубцо́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Staritsky Dis ...
of
Tver Oblast
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,
Russia
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, becomes a
right
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tributary of the
Volga
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. It is long, and its
drainage basin
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covers .
Soviet engineers flooded the lower part of the river to form the
Vazuza Reservoir The Vazuza Reservoir (russian: Вазузское водохранилище) is a reservoir based on the lower channel of the Vazuza River, in Tver Oblast and Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It was filled in 1977–1978.
The dam is between the Pashutino ...
. The towns of
Sychyovka and
Zubtsov
Zubtsov (russian: Зубцо́в) is a town and the administrative center of Zubtsovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Volga and Vazuza Rivers, south of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ...
are located on the banks the Vazuza (the latter at its confluence with the Volga). The main tributaries of the Vazuza are the
Kasnya, the
Gzhat
The Gzhat (russian: Гжать) is a river in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is 113 km long, with a drainage basin of 2370 km².[Losmina
The Losmina (russian: Лосьми́на) is a river in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Vazuza
The Vazuza (russian: Вазу́за), a river in the Novoduginsky and Sychyovsky districts of Smolensk Oblast and in the Zubtsovs ...]
and the
Osuga (left).
The source of the Vazuza is located east of the village of
Lukino in Novoduginsky District. The river flows north, crosses into Sychyovsky District, and downstream of the town of Sychyovka turns east. Several kilometers downstream from Sychyovka the reservoir begins, and all major tributaries of the Vazuza form bays in the reservoir. The Vazuza accepts the Kasnya from the right and turns northeast. Downstream of the mouth of the Gzhat it makes a short stretch of a border between Tver and Smolensk Oblasts, flowing northwest, and further downstream turns northeast and deviates from the border into Tver Oblast. The dam of the reservoirs is located several kilometers upstream from the mouth of the Vazuza and several kilometers downstream from the mouth of the Osuga.
The drainage basin of the Vazuza includes the major part of Sychyovsky District, the eastern part of Novoduginsky District, the northern parts of
Gagarinsky and
Vyazemsky District
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*Vyazemsky District, Smolensk Oblast, ...
s of Smolensk Oblast, as well as the southern parts of Zubtsovsky and
Rzhevsky District
Rzhevsky District (russian: Рже́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Staritsky District ...
s and minor areas in the eastern part of
Oleninsky District
Oleninsky District (russian: Оле́нинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Selizhar ...
in Tver Oblast. The towns of Zubtsov, Sychyovka, and
Gagarin, as well as the
selo of
Novodugino, the administrative center of Novoduginsky District, are all located in the drainage basin of the Vazuza.
References
{{Volga River
Rivers of Smolensk Oblast
Rivers of Tver Oblast