The Yozhuga (also ''Iozhuga'', russian: Ёжуга, Иожуга) is a river in
Udorsky District of the
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of th ...
and in
Pinezhsky District of
Arkhangelsk Oblast in
Russia
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. It is a right
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
Pinega
Pinega (russian: Пинега) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a settlement), formerly a town, in Pinezhsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pinega River (hence the name). It se ...
. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributary is the
Yeyuga (right). The Yezhuga should not be confused with the
Mezenskaya Yezhuga, a left tributary of the
Mezen, which has the source in the same area as the basin of the Yezhuga, but flows north-east.
The river basin of the Yezhuga includes the eastern part of Pinezhsky District, as well as relatively minor area in the north-west of Udorsky District and in the south-west of
Leshukonsky District.
The source of the Yezhuga is in the north-western part of Udorsky District. The river flow north, crosses the border with the Arkhangelsk Oblast, and then turns west, in the direction of the course of the Pinega, after accepting the
Pilisa from the left. Behind the mouth of the
Syuzma from the south, it turn north, and eventually north-west. From the east, the Yezhuga accepts its major tributary, the Yeyuga, and turns west. The mouth of the Yezhuga is close to the village of Yezhuga.
Except for the village of Shirokoye in the middle course (upstream from the mouth of the Noras) and the village of Yezhuga in the mouth, the valley of the Yezhuga is not populated.
The Yezhuga was a part of the old trading route used by the
Novgorod merchants to get from the basin 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 ...
into the river basin of the
Pechora
Pechora (russian: Печо́ра; kv, Печӧра, ''Pećöra'') is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. The area of the town is . Population:
History
Pechora was ...
. The merchants were going from the Northern Dvina upstream the
Pukshenga, then moved to the
Pokshenga and went downstream to the Pinega. From the Pinega, they used the Yezhuga, the
Zyryanskaya Vashka and the
Vashka to get to the Mezen River, and subsequently the
Pyoza
The Pyoza (russian: Пёза) is a river in Mezensky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Mezen. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributaries of the Pyoza are the Tsema (left), Varchushka (r ...
and the
Tsilma to get to the Pechora.
References
External links
*{{cite web, url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=161129, script-title=ru:Река Ежуга (Иожуга), publisher=State Water Register of Russia, language=ru, access-date=3 August 2011
Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast
Rivers of the Komi Republic