The Yashchera (russian: Ящера) is a river in
Luzhsky District of
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...
,
Russia, a right tributary of the
Luga. The length of the Yashchera is , and the area of its
drainage basin is .
The tributaries are the Lyubanka and the Lutinka (left), the Dolgusha and the Vladychkinskaya (Kamenka) (right).
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The source of the Yashchera is in the northwest of Luzhsky District, west of the railway station of Divenskaya. The river flows south, turns east, then turns south again and subsequently southwest. The mouth of the Yashera is upstream the Luga, northwest of the urban-type settlement of Tolmachyovo. The Yashchera mostly flows over deserted and swampy areas.
The drainage basin of the Yashchera includes areas in the north of Luzhsky District and in the south of Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Oblast. In particular, it includes the system of ]Lake Vyalye
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
and Lake Strechno
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
, the biggest lakes in the area. A part of Mshinskoye Boloto Zakaznik lies in the basin of the Yashchera, east of the river course.
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Rivers of Leningrad Oblast