The Yashchera (russian: Ящера) is a river in
Luzhsky District
Luzhsky District (russian: Лу́жский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #65-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders wit ...
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
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, a right tributary of the
Luga. The length of the Yashchera is , and the area of its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
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
Tolmachyovo (russian: Толмачёво) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Luzhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Luga River, northeast of the town of Luga. Population:
History
The sett ...
. 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
Gatchinsky District (russian: Га́тчинский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #113-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwestern central part of ...
of Leningrad Oblast. In particular, it includes the system of Lake Vyalye and Lake Strechno, the biggest lakes in the area. A part of Mshinskoye Boloto Zakaznik
Mshinskoye Boloto Zakaznik (russian: заказник Мшинское болото) is a federal zakaznik, a nature protected area, in the northwest of Russia, located in Gatchinsky and Luzhsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast, in the basin of the ...
lies in the basin of the Yashchera, east of the river course.
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Rivers of Leningrad Oblast