The Yemtsa or Yomtsa (russian: Емца, Ёмца) is a river in
Plesetsky and
Kholmogorsky District
Kholmogorsky District (russian: Холмого́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kholmogorsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoc ...
s and in the town of
Mirny of
Arkhangelsk Oblast in
Russia
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. It is a left
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 drai ...
of the
Northern Dvina
The Northern Dvina (russian: Се́верная Двина́, ; kv, Вы́нва / Výnva) is a river in northern Russia flowing through the Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. Along with the Pechora River ...
. It is long, and the area of its basin . Its main tributaries are the
Mekhrenga (right), the
Tyogra (left), the
Vaymuga (left), and the
Bolshaya Chacha (right).
The river basin of the Yemtsa occupies the east of the Plesetsky District, the south of the Kholmogorsky District, and some areas in the northern parts of the
Nyandomsky and
Shenkursky Districts. In addition, the territory subordinate to the town of Mirny lies entirely within the limits of the river basin of the Yemtsa. In the low course, the Yemtsa bounds from the south the
Siysky Zakaznik, a federal nature protected area.
The source of the Yemtsa is in Plesetsky District, north-west of the settlement of
Plesetsk
Plesetsk (russian: Плесе́цк) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Plesetsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, situated about northeast of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk. Municipally, it is ...
and several kilometers east of the
Onega (which does not belong to the Northern Dvina basin). The Yemtsa flows to north-east. The urban-type settlement of
Savinsky is located on the right bank of the river. Note that the urban-type settlement and the railway station of
Yemtsa is not located on the river. Downstream from Savinsky, the Yemtsa crosses into the territory of the town of Mirny, and from there into Kholmogorsky District, where it accepts from the right its biggest tributary, the Mekhrenga. Close to the mouth, the historical selo of
Yemetsk
Yemetsk (russian: Емецк) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Yemetskoye Rural Settlement of Kholmogorsky District
Kholmogorsky District (russian: Холмого́рский райо́н) is an administrative distric ...
, a former
uyezd
An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...
and district center, is located on the left bank.
The lower of the river course (downstream from the selo of Yemetsk) are navigable.
References
External links
* {{cite web, url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=161523, script-title=ru:Река Емца, publisher=State Water Register of Russia, language=ru, access-date=27 July 2011
Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast