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Lopasnya
The Lopasnya () is a river in Moscow Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Oka. It is 108 km in length, with a drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which 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, ... of 1090 km².«Река ЛОПАСНЯ» Russian State Water Registry Its average discharge is 6,76 m³/s. References Rivers of Moscow Oblast {{Russia-river-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chekhov, Moscow Oblast
Chekhov () is a town and the administrative center of Chekhovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 56,000 (1985). It was previously known as ''Lopasnya'' (until 1954). History Originally named Lopasnya (), after the Lopasnya River, it was granted town status and given its present name in 1954 in honor of writer Anton Chekhov.C.D. Merriman. "Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)". Jalic, Inc. http://www.online-literature.com/anton_chekhov/ Retrieved August 28, 2014. During the Great Patriotic War, Nazi German troops occupied Lopasnya from November 23 to December 12, 1941. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chekhov serves as the administrative center of Chekhovsky District.Resolution #123-PG As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Chekhovsky District as the Town of Chekhov. As a municipal division, the Town of Chekhov is incorporated within Chekhovsky Municipal District as Chekhov Urban Settlement.Law #7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast (, , informally known as , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census) living in an area of , it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and is the list of federal subjects of Russia by population, second most populous federal subject. The oblast has no official administrative center; its public authorities are located in Moscow and Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk (the Moscow Oblast Duma and the local government), and also across other locations in the oblast.According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not named the official administrative center of the oblast. Located in European Russia between latitudes 54th parallel north, 54° and 57th parallel north, 57° N and longitudes 35th meridian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oka (river)
The Oka (, ; ) is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol Oblast, Oryol, Tula Oblast, Tula, Kaluga Oblast, Kaluga, Moscow Oblast, Moscow, Ryazan Oblast, Ryazan, Vladimir Oblast, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as the town of Kaluga. Its length is and its catchment area .«Река Ока» Russian State Water Registry The Russian capital Moscow sits on one of the Oka's tributaries—the Moskva (river), Moskva, from which the capital's name is thought to be derived. Name and history The Oka river was the homeland of the Eastern Slavic Vyatichi tribe. By the 5th century the land around the Oka river was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which 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, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
