Sheksna
Sign in to saveThe Sheksna () is a river in the Belozersky, Kirillovsky, Sheksninsky, and Cherepovetsky districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volga. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Sheksna are the Sizma (left) and the Kovzha (right).
Key facts
- River.name
- Sheksna
- River.image
- Goritsy Auferstehungskloster 01.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Goritsky Monastery by the river
- River.map
- Rybinsk vdhr eng.svg
- River.map_caption
- Map of the Rybinsk Reservoir basin. The Sheksna is shown on the map
- River.mapframe
- yes
- River.mapframe zoom
- 5
- River.source1
- Lake Beloye
- River.mouth
- Rybinsk Reservoir
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
- River.progression
- Rybinsk Reservoir→
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Vologda Oblast
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- Scheksa weisses meer ruine.jpg
- Length
- 139
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- tributary
- Bolshoy Yug
- discharge
- 172
- origin of the watercourse
- Beloye Lake
- Commons category
- Sheksna River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Volga
- watershed area
- 19000
- lake on watercourse
- Sheksna Reservoir
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The Sheksna () is a river in the Belozersky, Kirillovsky, Sheksninsky, and Cherepovetsky districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volga. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Sheksna are the Sizma (left) and the Kovzha (right).
According to Max Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary, the origin of the river's name is unclear, but it may originate from a Finnic language meaning "a woodpecker" or more specifically "a spotted woodpecker". The urban-type settlement of Sheksna and Sheksninsky District are named after the river.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sheksna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
6 mapped locations