The Nerl () is a
river
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in
Pereslavsky District
Pereslavsky District (russian: Пересла́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #12-z and municipalLaw #65-z district (raion), one of the seventeen in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of ...
of
Yaroslavl
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and
Kalyazinsky District
Kalyazinsky District (russian: Каля́зинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Uglich ...
of
Tver Oblast
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in
Russia
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, a right
tributary
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of the
Volga
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(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 ...
). The length of the river is . The area of its
drainage basin
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is . Its main tributary is the
Kubr (left).
It originates in the
Lake Pleshcheyevo under the name of Veksa-Pleshcheyevskaya, flows northwest and is known as the Nerl downstream of
Lake Somino. Downstream of the village of
Andrianovo a stretch of the Nerl makes the border between Yaroslavl and Tver Oblasts. Further downstream, the Nerl enters Tver Oblast. Its mouth is in the village of
Sknyatino
Sknyatino (russian: Скнятино) is a village in Kalyazinsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Nerl and the Volga Rivers, about halfway between Uglich and Tver. It is the site of the medieval town of Ksnyat ...
.
The drainage basin of the Nerl includes the western and the central parts of Pereslavsky District, the southern part of Kalyazinsky District, as well as relatively minor areas in the southern part of
Uglichsky District
Uglichsky District (russian: У́гличский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #12-z and municipalLaw #65-z district ( raion), one of the seventeen in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of ...
of Yaroslavl Oblast, and northern parts of
Alexandrovsky District of
Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir Oblast (russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, ''Vladimirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its closest border 66 km east of central Moscow, the administrative center is the city of Vladimir, w ...
and
Taldomsky and
Sergiyevo-Posadsky Districts of
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of R ...
. The town of
Pereslavl-Zalessky
Pereslavl-Zalessky ( rus, Переславль-Залесский, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈslavlʲ zɐˈlʲɛskʲɪj, lit. ''Pereslavl beyond the woods''), also known as Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the main Mos ...
and the urban-type settlement of
Kubrinsk lie in the drainage basin of the Nerl.
References
{{Volga River
Rivers of Tver Oblast
Rivers of Yaroslavl Oblast