The Sogozha ( Russian : Сого́жа ) is a river in Vologda and Yaroslavl Oblasts in Russia . It is 129 kilometres (80 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 2,900 square kilometres (1,100 sq mi).
4-866: The river terminates in the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga . Before the construction of the Rybinsk Reservoir the Sogozha was a tributary of the Sheksna . The town of Poshekhonye is situated on the left (southern) bank of the Sogozha. Historically, the river received two left tributaries, the Soga (from the east) and the Pertomka (from the south), creek Kotiol(it is named for the same reason as
8-640: A river in Southern Russia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rybinsk Reservoir Rybinsk Reservoir ([Рыбинское водохранилище] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= ( help ) , IPA: [ˈrɨbʲɪnskəɪ vədəxrɐˈnʲilʲɪɕə] ), informally called the Rybinsk Sea , is a water reservoir on the Volga River and its tributaries the Sheksna and Mologa , formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam, located in
12-789: The Tver , Vologda , and Yaroslavl Oblasts . At the time of its construction, it was the largest man-made body of water on Earth. It is the northernmost point of the Volga. The Volga–Baltic Waterway starts from there. The principal ports are Cherepovets in Vologda Oblast and Vesyegonsk in Tver Oblast. The construction of the dam in Rybinsk started in 1935. The filling of the reservoir started on April 14, 1941, and continued until 1947. Some 150,000 people had to be resettled elsewhere, and
16-524: The Vilyui boilers) within the city limits. Due to the water level rise caused by the Rybinsk Reservoir, the Sogozha and the Soga now form a wide bay at their joint entering of the reservoir. This Vologda Oblast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Yaroslavl Oblast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
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