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	List of rivers of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are the Volga, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dniepr and the Western Dvina.
		In Asia, important rivers are the Ob, Irtysh, Yenisei, Angara, Lena, Amur, Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma.
		Rivers that flow into other rivers are ordered by the proximity of their point of confluence to the mouth of the main river, i.e.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rivers_of_Russia (367 words)

	Land Resources of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Rivers relate to the Kuban basin, the large rivers are: Laba, Belaya, Chokhrak; in the low courses of some rivers there are plavs.
		The main rivers are Shilka and Argunj (sources of the Amur), Khilok and Chikoi (the Selenga tributaries), Olekma and Vitim (the Lena tributaries).
		Rivers belong to the Volga and the Dnieper basins.
	www.iiasa.ac.at /Research/FOR/russia_cd/adm_lis.htm (15014 words)

	NIZHNIY-NOVGOROD - LoveToKnow Article on NIZHNIY-NOVGOROD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The smaller portion, with the exception of the better-drained lands close to the river, is a low, flat, marshy region, covered with thick forests and sandy hills, and thinly peopled.
		The government is drained by the Volga with its tributaries, the Kerzhenets and the Vetluga on the left, and the Sura (with the Pyana) and the Oka on the right.
		Black earth, known as the fl earth of the plateau, prevails on the high plains between the river valleys in the south-east; the valley fl earth, even more fertile than the former, covers the gently-sloping portions of the territory, also in the south-east.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NI/NIZHNIY_NOVGOROD.htm (1939 words)

	Land Resources of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Rivers relate to the Kuban basin; the large rivers are: the Laba, Belaya, and Chokhrak.
		The main river is the Volga, and in the south, the left tributaries of the Klyazma.
		It is situated in the foothills of the Urals, in the upper course of the Kama River.
	www.iiasa.ac.at /Research/FOR/russia_cd/adm_des.htm (11816 words)

	::appp.infoRivers of Russia:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In Asia; imρortant rivers are the Ob ; Irtysh ; Yenisei ; Angara ; Lena ; Amur ; Yana River ; Inɗigirƙa anɗ Kolyma River
		Rivers that flow into other rivers are orɗereɗ by the ρroχimity of their ρoint of Confluence (geograρhy) to the mouth of the main river; i.e
		&nbsρ; - Dubna River (Volga basin) (in Dubna)
	b9b1939e013f12e0ed738a576f340291.zh.appp.info /en/Rivers+of+Russia (755 words)

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		Black earth, known as the " fl earth of the plateau," prevails on the high plains between the river valleys in the south-east; the " valley fl earth," even more fertile than the former, covers the gently-sloping portions of the territory, also in the south-east.
		During the 17th century the country around Nizhniy became the seat of a vigorous religious agitation, and in its forests the Raskolniks established hundreds of their monasteries and communities, those of the Kerzhenets playing an important part in the history of Russian Nonconformity even to the present time.
		Nizhniy-Novgorod had at one time two academies, Greek and Slav, and took some part in the literary movement of the end of the 18th century; its theatre also was of some importance in the history of the Russian stage.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=48547 (3515 words)

	Kamsko-Bakaldin Group Of Bogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		According to the information of Nizhni Novgorod expedition PGO "Torfogeologia" for the whole basin of the Volga river this is a unique concentration of such a big size of peat bodies preserved in the natural state and so diverse in conditions of formation, types of de-posits, micro landscapes.
		The configuration of bogs is mostly complex due to the history of formation being the result of swamping of the ancient river beds of the Volga, Kerzhenets, Dorogucha, Liunda and further peat gen-eration in numerous lakes, depressions and tributaries interconnected and forming a continuous chain of peatbogs.
		In the floodplains of small rivers and on the edges of upper and transitional bogs small areas are occupied by lowland bogs, both wooded (birch and fl alder) and open (reed and sedge).
	www.dront.ru /lr/Bakald-eng.html (814 words)

	List of rivers of Europe - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Rivers that flow into other rivers are in the orographic order, i.e., by the proximity of their points of confluence to the sea.
		The rivers are sorted from west (Tarifa) to east (Reggio Calabria).
		The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, from Otranto, southern Italy, to Vlorë in southern Albania.
	listofriversofeurope.quickseek.com (469 words)

	RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: V :: Volga: Physical features
		The river basin drains some 533,000 square miles (1,380,000 square kilometres), stretching from the Valdai Hills and Central Russian Upland in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east and narrowing sharply at Saratov in the south.
		From the reservoir the riverproceeds southeastward through a narrow, tree-lined valley between the Uglich Highlands to the south and the Danilov Upland and the Galich-Chukhlom Lowland to the north, continuing its course along the Unzha and the Balakhna lowlands to Nizhny Novgorod.
		The average temperatures in the river's upper reaches range from 19° F (?7° C) to 6° F (-14° C) and those of July from 62° F (17° C) to 68° F (20° C), while on its lower reaches at Astrakhan corresponding temperatures are 19° F (?7° C) and 77° F (25° C).
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/v/volga_physic.shtml (984 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Russians Gagging Under Cloud of Wildfire Smoke
		Rivers in Siberia remain frozen so late into spring that they block currents and result in floods; on occasion, military jets are called in to bomb the ice and break it up.
		As fire crept ever closer to Kerzhenets, located nearly an hour's drive from Nizhny, firefighters tried to stop it at the main road, only to have it leap across and ignite bales of hay.
		To save Kerzhenets, firefighters were joined by local residents and even a group of 10-year-old boys given backpacks filled with water and spouts to spray.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A33432-2002Aug1?language=printer (826 words)

	Inalex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Lowland is on the left side of the river.
		It is especially picturesque if seen from the river with its proud silhouette of mighty towers, with its differently angled walls.
		The left side of the Volga is the area of water-meadow and further on the horizon one sees the beginning line of the Kerzhenets forests, the area of folk handicraft masters.
	www.inalex.net /Nizhny-Novgorod (642 words)

	River Rafting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Kerzhenets River is a major inflow of the famous Volga River and originates in dense woods in the north of the Nizhniy Novgorod area.
		At the confluence stands the famous medieval Makarievsky Monastery The river has a length of 290 kilometers and downstream the width is of 20-30 meters in average — its average flowing speed lies around 3 km/h.
		The river is popular for fishing and the woods along it have great resources of tasty berries and mushrooms.
	rafting.in-russia.com /?ID=722 (285 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Kitezh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The legend has it that Georgy II, Grand Prince of Vladimir, first built the town of Maly Kitezh (Little Kitezh) on the Volga River (today's Krasny Kholm).
		Later on, the prince crossed the rivers of Uzola, Sanda, and Kerzhenets and found a beautiful spot on the shores of the Svetloyar Lake, where he decided to build the town of Bolshoy Kitezh (Big Kitezh).
		It is believed that the name of the town came from the royal residence of Kideksha (near Suzdal), ransacked by the Mongols in 1237.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Kitezh (483 words)

	Nizhny Novgorod Regional Government \|\| Geographical situation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		divides the province in two: the low-lying land to the left of the river is known as the Zavolzh’e, while the land to the right is elevated, hilly and carved up by gullies and ravines.
		From here river, rail and road transport arteries branch out to provide essential links with industrial centres, consumers of local production, and important cultural centres.
		The province contains over 11000 km of general purpose roads, with the density of road transport being 3.7 times the national average. The density of the rail network is similarly 3.3 times the national average.
	www.government.nnov.ru /?id=12982 (434 words)

	Gorodets at STAMPUS - Old Gorodets "Little Kitezh"
		Forty or so miles up the Volga from Nizhny Novgorod, on the river's steep left bank, there is a town called Gorodets, one of several district centres in the area.
		The Volga looked particularly majestic here, a mighty river from whose tall precipitous bank one could see a vast expanse of the plain on the other side that stretched away as far as the horizon with an almost unbroken covering of primeval woods.
		From the second half of the 17th century - and all through the early 18th century - when the followers of Protopope Abbakum known as Old Believers were particularly mercilessly persecuted, the villages of Gorodets, Kovernino and Semenov in the Nizhny Novgorod province had been the seats of organised Old Faith adherents.
	members.tripod.com /stampus_54/gorodets/lk.htm (8142 words)

	Russian Khokhloma (Hohloma. Khohlama) products
		Although he lived clandestinely in the forests of Kerzhenets, his jealous rivals determined to capture him and even the palace guard "strode forth into the lands of Semionov" with the aim of bringing him back to Moscow.
		The fair used to skirt the walls of Makaryev Monastery, whose golden cupolas overlook the confluence of the rivers Kerzhenets and Volga.
		Every spring, as soon as the river had thawed, barges laden with wooden articles could be seen sailing to the famous market-towns of Gorodets, Nizhni-Novgorod or Makaryev, from where they would continue their journey to the provinces of Saratov and Astrakhan.
	www.rus-sell.com /article13-Hohloma+(or+Khokhloma).html (5794 words)

	Нижегородский Центр Гостеприимства \|\| Sightseeing Tour around the City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		is the area of water-meadow and further on the horizon one sees the beginning line of the Kerzhenets forests, the area of folk handicraft masters.
		Alexander Nevsky cathedral was a sort of beacon pointing to the place where the two rivers met.
		It has commissioned hundreds of ships and minor vessels over the period, ranging in complexity from river barges to state-of-the-art submarines.
	www.welcomenn.ru /?id=548 (1966 words)

	Kommersant: Nizhny Novgorod Region
		It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers and serves in a sense as a bridge between the European and Asian parts of Russia.
		There are more than 9000 rivers and streams in the region with a total length of 33 000 km.
		Annunciation (Blagoveshchensky) Monastery located on a low hill on the bank of the Oka River was founded in the early 14th century.
	www.kommersant.com /page.asp?idr=399&id=-55 (4635 words)

	Nizhegorodskaya Yarmarka: Press-center
		The structure of the Forum "Great RIVERS -2003" includes Congress and 14 Sections, among which: «Sustained development in Great river basins.
		Every year more than 400 reports are delivered on the Congress regarding the planet ecological condition and the influence of civilization, and mainly- realization of countries sustained economic growth concept.
		The Congress with the leading theme «Sustained development of Great river basins: international and interregional cooperation» unites these two events as it touches upon ecological issues as well as architecture and city infrastructure development.
	www.yarmarka.ru:8100 /news/news.phtml?912 (526 words)

	Grant #000-3
		Project activities included 6 training seminars were for teachers; summer environmental camps for children; hikes and expeditions for children and teachers from most of the oblast's raions; and 4 meetings devoted to environmental activities at which river cleaning techniques were demonstrated.
		35 rivers, ponds, lakes, springs, parks and forest tracts in 21 raions of the oblast are now under the permanent care of these groups.
		During the summer season 30 tons of waste was collected and removed from the banks of the lake and river Tesha by environmental tourist groups from Kulebyaki.
	iscmoscow.ru /htdocs/english/main/grant_raunds/rnd3rslt/p1/gr-095-3.htm (366 words)

	Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the city preparations are made for defence against the Tatars and Vsevolod leads his army at the battle of Kerzhenets, to die the death of a hero.
		Grishka leads the Tatars to the river bank, but the city is invisible, and Grishka is bound and threatened with death.
		Fevroniya treats him kindly, but he goes mad, while Fevroniya is led by the spirit of her betrothed to the Invisible City, where she marries him, to enjoy there eternal life.
	www.naxos.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Legend_of_the_Invisible_City_of_Kitezh_and_the_Maiden_Fevroniya_The.htm (270 words)

	workcamps in russland
		The Region of Perm is situated at the boundary between Europe and Asia in the centre of Russia on the Western slope of the Ural Mountains.
		Krasnoyarsk is situated on the banks of one of the greatest Russian rivers the Yenisei, which is one of the main attractions of the city.
		The state nature reserve “Stolby” is on the right bank of the river with a hundred of quaintly-shaped rocks found in taiga on the territory of 47000 hectares.
	www.campinformation.info /workcamps_russland.htm (12200 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Janowice Wielkie lies in the South West of Poland in the Rudawy Janowickie mountains that are situated between the Bobr river to the north, the Jeleniogorska Valley to the north-west, the Karkonosze Mountains to the south and the Kamiennogorska Valley to the south-east.
		The river ecosystem, surrounded by the fragments of marshes, hygrophilous forests and meadows, dominates the area.
		Work: These camps would be the clean-up actions of the river and river banks on the river Sava combined with the promotion of recycling, on the river islands, green areas.
	www.cvgpeep.gr /gr/ejog.htm (20491 words)

	List of rivers of Europe - All About All (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, starting from Otranto, southern Italy.
		The rivers in this section are sorted west (Neapoli, Vatika) to east (Istanbul).
		List of rivers of Russia (includes the Asian part of Russia)
	www.allaboutall.info /article/List_of_rivers_of_Europe (622 words)

	Russia Travel Guide - Sports & Recreation, Activities for children in Russia - HotelTravel.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Situated just across the Moskva River from Park Kultury Metro Station, Moscow's Gorky Park is famed for the American writer Martin Cruz Smith's novel and later film of the same name.
		North of St Petersburg, in the wilderness of Karelia, cross-country skiing is routed through the taiga and over a terrain of frozen rivers and lakes including Ladoga and Onega.
		Heli-skiing is now available in the Caucasus and Kamchatka where, it is claimed, the powder snow rivals that of Colorado and there is a guarantee of snow throughout the short season.
	www.hoteltravel.com /russia/guides/activities_sports.htm (2219 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Klyaz'ma 1953-1985 Kerzhenets - Khakhaly 3630 130 r.
		Pyange 1940-1985 Lyangar, offing 335 4670 does not reach the 1941-1985 river kashkadaria Vakhsh (Surkhob) - Garm 20000 - r.
		Indigirka 1944-1985 Kolyma - Ust' - Srednekan 99400 - East Siberian Sea 1933-1985 Kolyma - Sredmekolymsk 361000 - East Siberian Sea 1927-1931, 1934-1985 Detrin - offing of river 5630 910 r.
	dss.ucar.edu /datasets/ds553.0/station_libraries/station_catalogs/ussr_riv.lst (2954 words)

	International Workcamps in Russia 2006
		Work: The main task of the project is to discover and create ecologically balanced tourist paths during rafting along the river “Berezovaya” with researching of river side caves.
		Participants will have a unique opportunity to try some life forms of primitive people such as hunting, making clothes and houses, social institutes etc.; as well they are expected to construct tourist objects and to make stops for tourists.
		Work: The camp is situated on the bank of Kerzhenets river, in one of the regions with old believers, famous with its traditional Russian rites culture.
	youth.unesco.or.kr /volunteer/nation/2006/SFERA2006.htm (4520 words)

	Tourism in Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The work was conducted by a Nizhni Novgorod prince Dmitry Konstantinovish, the central tower was named after him - Dmitrievskaya.
		These territories were occupied by indigenous Mari in ancient times but at the beginning of present times there appeared “rusichi” in the behind the Volga River region.
		The Russians fled to the region at first from Tatar and Mongolian conquerors, then from slavishness.
	www.rostour.net /posetit/253 (504 words)

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