The Vozhega (russian: Вожега) is a river in

Vozhegodsky District Vozhegodsky District (russian: Вожего́дский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1111-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders ...

in the north of

Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast ( rus, Вологодская область, p=vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Vologodskaya oblast, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The Oblast has a population of 1,202,444 ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, 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 ...

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 ...

. The Vozhega belongs to the river basin of the Onega. It is long, and the area of its basin . The urban-type settlement of

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 ...

, the administrative center of

, is located close to the river in its middle course on the right bank. Both the settlement and the district have their names originating from the name of the river. The main tributary of the Vozhega is the Chuzhga (right). The river basin of the Vozhega occupies the western part of Vozhegodsky District and minor areas in the north of

Kharovsky District Kharovsky District (russian: Ха́ровский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1127-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with ...

of Vologda Oblast. It is surrounded from three sides (north, east, south) by the river basin of the

Kubena The Kubena (russian: Кубена) is a river in Konoshsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and Vozhegodsky, Syamzhensky, Kharovsky, Sokolsky, and Ust-Kubinsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is long, and the area of its basin . Th ...

, which drains into the

Northern Dvina , image = dvina.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Northern Dvina starts as the confluence of Yug River (on left) and Sukhona River (on top) near Veliky Ustyug (photo 2001) , source1 = Confluence of ...

and does not belong to the basin of the Onega. The source of the Vozhega is located in the south of Vozhegodsky District close to the border with Kharovsky District, approximately halfway between Kadnikovsky railway station and the village of Vysokaya. The Vozhega flows north, in the upper course in the woods, below the village of Rubtsovo open areas occur. Downstream of Rubtsovo the river course turns west and crosses the railway line connecting

Vologda Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. ...

and

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies o ...

. The urban-type settlement of Vozhega was founded as the railway station on the line, and, although its name is derived from the name of the river, the station is located at a distance of several kilometers from the river course. Downstream of the railway the valley of the Vozhega is almost continuously populated. The last village on the river banks is Nizhnyaya, several kilometers upstream from Lake Vozhe. The mouth of the Vozhega lies in the swampy unpopulated area. The river is split there into three courses, the Ukma (south), the Vozhega proper (middle), and the Iksoma (north).

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