Vayenga River
Encyclopedia
The Vayenga is a river
in Vinogradovsky District
of Arkhangelsk Oblast
in Russia
. It is a right tributary
of the Northern Dvina River. The length of the river is 218 kilometres (135.5 mi). The area of its basin 3370 square kilometres (1,301.2 sq mi). Its main tributaries are the Yugna (right) and the Nondrus (left).
The river basin of the Vayenga occupies the whole northern and central parts of Vinogradovsky District and minor parts of adjacent Kholmogorsky and Pinezhsky District
s.
The source of the Vayenga is in the center of the district, north-east of the village of Nyavody. It flows initially to the west, then turns north, and after accepting the Kisema from the right, turns north-west. After accepting from the north a right tributary, the Yugna, the Vayenga turns south-west, and eventually south and south-east. The first village in the course of the Vayenga is Vorontsy, upstream from Vorontsy the valley is not populated. South of Vorontsy the Vayenga makes a loop, accepts the Nondrus from the left, and eventually turns 180 degrees and flows north-west. Below the village of Nizhnyaya Vayenga the river turns east. The mouth of the Vayenga is located close to the village of Goltsovo, 334 kilometres (207.5 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Northern Dvina.
Until 1990s, the Vayenga was used for timber rafting
.
River
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in Vinogradovsky District
Vinogradovsky District
Vinogradovsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vinogradovsky Municipal District...
of Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea....
in Russia
Russia
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. It is a right tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Northern Dvina River. The length of the river is 218 kilometres (135.5 mi). The area of its basin 3370 square kilometres (1,301.2 sq mi). Its main tributaries are the Yugna (right) and the Nondrus (left).
The river basin of the Vayenga occupies the whole northern and central parts of Vinogradovsky District and minor parts of adjacent Kholmogorsky and Pinezhsky District
Pinezhsky District
Pinezhsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pinezhsky Municipal District...
s.
The source of the Vayenga is in the center of the district, north-east of the village of Nyavody. It flows initially to the west, then turns north, and after accepting the Kisema from the right, turns north-west. After accepting from the north a right tributary, the Yugna, the Vayenga turns south-west, and eventually south and south-east. The first village in the course of the Vayenga is Vorontsy, upstream from Vorontsy the valley is not populated. South of Vorontsy the Vayenga makes a loop, accepts the Nondrus from the left, and eventually turns 180 degrees and flows north-west. Below the village of Nizhnyaya Vayenga the river turns east. The mouth of the Vayenga is located close to the village of Goltsovo, 334 kilometres (207.5 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Northern Dvina.
Until 1990s, the Vayenga was used for timber rafting
Timber rafting
Timber rafting is a log transportation method in which logs are tied together into rafts and drifted or pulled across a water body or down a flatter river. It is arguably the second cheapest method of transportation of timber, next after log driving...
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