- Mologa River
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Mologa River Origin Valdai Hills Mouth Rybinsk Reservoir (Volga River) Basin countries Russia Length 456 km (139 mi) Avg. discharge 237 m³/s Basin area 29,700 km² Mologa River (Russian: Молога) is a river in Tver, Novgorod and Vologda Oblasts of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volga River, flowing into the Rybinsk Reservoir. The river freezes up in the late October - early December and stays under the ice until April - early May.
The towns of Bezhetsk, Pestovo, and Ustyuzhna are situated along the Mologa River. A historic town of Mologa used to stand at the confluence of the Mologa river with the Volga, but it was submerged under water as the Rybinsk Reservoir was filled in 1947.
The tributaries include the Kobozha and the Sit Rivers.
Volga River Tributaries Selizharovka · Vazuza · Tvertsa · Shosha · Dubna · Medveditsa · Nerl · Kashinka · Sit' · Mologa · Suda · Sheksna · Sogozha · Kotorosl · Kostroma · Nyomda · Unzha · Uzola · Oka · Kudma · Kerzhenets · Sura · Vetluga · Rutka · Tsivil · Great Kokshaga · Little Kokshaga · Anish · Ilet · Sviyaga · Sumka · Kazanka · Kama · Aktay · Bezdna · Cheremshan · Sok · Samara · Chapayevka · Little Irgiz · Irgiz · Tereshka · Yeruslan · Akhtuba (distributary)Reservoirs Hydroelectric
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Categories:- Volga basin
- Rivers of Novgorod Oblast
- Rivers of Tver Oblast
- Rivers of Vologda Oblast
- Northwestern Russia geography stubs
- Tver Oblast geography stubs
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