The Kashinka () is a
river
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in
Kesovogorsky and
Kashinsky District
Kashinsky District (russian: Ка́шинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Kesovogorsky Dist ...
s of
Tver Oblast
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,
Russia
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, a left
tributary
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of the
Volga
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(joining the Volga at the
Uglich Reservoir
Uglich Reservoir or Uglichskoye Reservoir (russian: У́гличское водохрани́лище) is an artificial lake in the upper part of the Volga River formed by the Uglich Hydroelectric Station dam.
It was built in 1939 in the town ...
, near the town of
Kalyazin
Kalyazin (russian: Каля́зин) is a town and the administrative center of Kalyazinsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, northeast of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
...
). The length of the river is , and the area of its
drainage basin
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is .
The town of
Kashin and the urban-type settlement of
Kesova Gora
Kesova Gora (russian: Ке́сова Гора́) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Kesovogorsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located from Kashin and from Bezhetsk. Population:
History
Kesova ...
are located along the Kashinka.
The source of the Kashinka is in the swamps northwest of the village of
Zadorye, at the border of Kesovogorsky and
Bezhetsky District
Bezhetsky District (russian: Бе́жецкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Molokovsky District ...
s. It flows east, passes Kesova Gora, and in the village of
Brylino turns south. It passes Kashin, where it makes a loop. The historical part of the town is located within the loop of the Kashinka. Further south, it becomes a part of the Uglich Reservoir. It joins the Volga in the village of
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.
The drainage basin of the Kashinka includes the central part of Kashinsky District and the southern part of Kesovogorsky District, as well as minor areas in the east of bezhetsky District.
The Kashinka is one of the most popular swimming and fishing locations in Kashin during the summer. It mostly flows through rural areas.
References
{{Volga River
Rivers of Tver Oblast