The Yakhroma (russian: Яхрома) is a right tributary of the Sestra that flows through a network of

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es in the north of

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. It passes through the towns of

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and

Yakhroma Yakhroma (russian: Я́хрома) is a town in Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Yakhroma River, north of Moscow. Population: History It was founded in 1841 as a settlement servicing a local textile factory on the Yak ...

, crossing the

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on its way. The construction of the Moscow Canal has separated the upper course of the Yakhroma from its lower course. The lower course is long, and has a drainage basin of .«Река Яхрома (Большая Яхрома)»
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Tributaries

* Volgusha * Berezovetc * Kuholka * Dyatlinka * Lbovka

References

Rivers of Moscow Oblast {{Russia-river-stub