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| | Volga River - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | The Volga river (Russian Во́лга, Tatar İdel, Идел, Mordvin Рав, Mari Юл, German Wolga) in Western Russia, Europe's longest river, with a length of 3,690 km (2,293 miles), provides the core of the largest river system in Europe. |
 | | The Volga and its tributaries form the Volga river system, which drains an area of about 1.35 million square kilometres in the most heavily populated part of Russia. |
 | | The fertile river valley provides a great wheat-growing region, and also has many mineral riches. |
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