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11-661: The source of the Pola is located in the Valdai Hills , at the border between Andreapolsky and Penovsky Districts of Tver Oblast, southwest of the village of Pyatygino . It flows north, making the border between these districts, and enters Novgorod Oblast. The Pola accepts the Maryovka River from the right and turns east, then it accepts the Kamenka River from the right and turns north. In the village of Veliky Zavod

22-418: A popular tourist destination , particularly for fishing. The towns of Ostashkov and Valday are also known for their historical associations. Valdaysky National Park was established in 1990 in the southern part of Novgorod Oblast to protect the landscapes of the highest part of the hills. The park includes Lake Valdayskoye and the northern section of Lake Seliger, as well as the town of Valday. Since 2004,

33-623: Is a principal tributary of Lake Ilmen. The several lowest kilometers of the course of the Pola are listed in the State Water Register of Russia as navigable. [REDACTED] Media related to Pola River at Wikimedia Commons Valdai Hills The Valdai Hills , sometimes shortened to Valdai , are an upland region in the north-west of central European Russia running north–south, about midway between Saint Petersburg and Moscow , spanning Leningrad , Novgorod , Tver , Pskov , and Smolensk Oblasts . The Valdai Hills are

44-1489: The Daugava (the Western Dvina), the Lovat , the Msta , the Dnieper , the Syas , and other rivers originate in the Valdai Hills. The region thus is divided among the drainage basins of the Caspian Sea (the Volga), the Black Sea (the Dnieper), and the Baltic Sea (the Msta and the Lovat via the Volkhov , the Syas via Lake Ladoga and the Neva , and the Daugava). It is a place of many lakes, among them Lake Volgo , Lake Peno , Lake Seliger , Lake Brosno , and Lake Valdayskoye . During

55-520: The last glacial period , the Valdai Hills with its hard rocks posed an obstacle to the glacier ice that advances from northwest, diverting the ice into the lowlands. 57°00′N 33°30′E  /  57.000°N 33.500°E  / 57.000; 33.500 Lake Volgo Lake Volgo ( Russian : Озеро Волго ) is a lake in Ostashkovsky , Penovsky , and Selizharovsky Districts of Tver Oblast , Russia . The Volga River flows through

66-619: The National Park has the status of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve . The hills are a northward extension of the Central Russian Upland . To the northwest stretches the Vepsian Upland . The ridge is overlain by deposited glacial materials in the form of terminal moraines and other detritus . The Valdai Hills reach their maximum height of 346.9 m (1,138 ft) near Vyshny Volochyok . The Volga ,

77-464: The Volga. The other three lakes of the system are Lake Peno , Lake Vselug , and Lake Sterzh . Lake Volgo is located downstream of Lake Peno and consists of two parts (sometimes referred as Volgo I and Volgo II), one bent to the northeast and then to the southwest, and the second, which is bigger, oriented approximately west to east. The two parts are separated by a narrow channel. The Volga flows out from

88-427: The easternmost corner, at the selo of Selishche , where the dam of the reservoir is located. The total length of the lake is about 30 kilometres (19 mi), the average depth is 2 metres (6.6 ft). Since Lake Volgo is the lowest of the four Upper Volga lakes, its drainage basin includes the drainage basins of the others. This comprises most of Penovsky District , the southwestern part of Ostashkovsky District,

99-507: The lake in its upper course. The lake has a surface area of 61 square kilometres (24 sq mi), and the area of its drainage basin is 3,500 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi). The urban-type settlement of Peno is located on the western bank of the lake. Lake Volgo is the lowest of four big lakes which together form the Upper Volga Reservoir and which constitute the only remaining large natural lake system on

110-694: The main drain from the northwestern slope of the Valdai Hills to the river basin of the Neva . In particular, many of the lakes in Valdaysky and Demyansky Districts of Novgorod Oblast drain into the Pola. The source and the upper course of the Polomet, the major tributary of the Pola, is located in Valdaysky National Park . Along with the Msta , the Lovat, the Polist, and the Shelon , the Pola

121-605: The river makes a loop, and at the tip of the loop, in the village of Novoye Sokhnovo , it accepts the Yavon River from the right. In Novoye Sokhnovo the Pola turns west and in the village of Kostkovo it accepts the Polomet River, also from the right. Downstream from the mouth of the Polomet, the Pola turns northwest. Close to Lake Ilmen, the Pola shares a river delta with the Lovat and the Polist . The Pola provides

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