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Zilupe
Zilupe ( Latgalian: ''Sīnuoja'', from ''sīna'' – 'border'; German: ''Rosenau'', russian: Розеново) is a town in Latvia, by the Zilupe River, on the border with Russia. The population in 2020 was 1,343. Zilupe's railway station is the ...
, Latvia
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Lake Osveya
Lake Osveya or Lake Osveyskoye ( be, Асвейскае возера or ; russian: озеро Осве́я or ) is a large freshwater lake in the Vitebsk Region, northern Belarus, near the borders with Latvia and Russia
Russia (, , ), or ...
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Velikaya
The Velikaya () is a river in Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky, Sebezhsky, Opochetsky, Pushkinogorsky, Ostrovsky, Palkinsky, and Pskovsky Districts of Pskov Oblast, as well as in the city of Pskov in Russia. It is a major tributary of Lak ...
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Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
,
Latvia,
Russia
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The Sinyaya (russian: Синяя, be, Сінюха, lv, Zilupe) is a river in
Verkhnyadzvinsk Raion
Verkhnyadzvinsk District (Belarusian: Верхнядзьвінскі раён, Russian: Верхнедвинский район) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the Vitebsk Region. In this district is the norther ...
of
Vitebsk Region
Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́тебская о́бласть, Vitebskaya oblast, ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a region ( oblas ...
of
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
, in
Zilupe
Zilupe ( Latgalian: ''Sīnuoja'', from ''sīna'' – 'border'; German: ''Rosenau'', russian: Розеново) is a town in Latvia, by the Zilupe River, on the border with Russia. The population in 2020 was 1,343. Zilupe's railway station is the ...
,
Ludza
Ludza (; pl, Lucyn, german: Ludsen, russian: Лудза, ''Ludza'') is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre o ...
, and
Cibla municipalities of
Latvia, and in
Sebezhsky,
Krasnogorodsky, and
Ostrovsky District
Ostrovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia:
*Ostrovsky District, Kostroma Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Kostroma Oblast
*Ostrovsky District, Pskov Oblast, an administrative and ...
s of
Pskov Oblast in
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
, part of the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
basin. It is a left
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Velikaya River
The Velikaya () is a river in Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky, Sebezhsky, Opochetsky, Pushkinogorsky, Ostrovsky, Palkinsky, and Pskovsky Districts of Pskov Oblast, as well as in the city of Pskov in Russia. It is a major tributary of La ...
. It is long, and the area of its basin .
Its source of the Sinyaya is
Lake Osveya
Lake Osveya or Lake Osveyskoye ( be, Асвейскае возера or ; russian: озеро Осве́я or ) is a large freshwater lake in the Vitebsk Region, northern Belarus, near the borders with Latvia and Russia
Russia (, , ), or ...
, Belarus, close to the place where the borders of Belarus, Latvia and Russia meet. After a short stretch it flows along the
Belarus-Latvia border, then turns north and makes the
Latvia-Russia border. It further departs from the border into the Latvian side, and flows through the town of
Zilupe
Zilupe ( Latgalian: ''Sīnuoja'', from ''sīna'' – 'border'; German: ''Rosenau'', russian: Розеново) is a town in Latvia, by the Zilupe River, on the border with Russia. The population in 2020 was 1,343. Zilupe's railway station is the ...
. North of Zilupe, it returns to the border. Even further north, the river turns northeast and enters Russia. It flows through the urban-type settlement of
Krasnogorodsk
Krasnogorodsk (russian: Красногородск; et, Kraasna) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Krasnogorodsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Sinyaya River south of Pskov. Municipa ...
and turns east in the selo of
Venyavino. The mouth of the Sinyaya is in the village of
Ustye.
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Rivers of Pskov Oblast
Rivers of Vitebsk Region
Rivers of Latvia
Rivers of Belarus