The Zhizdra () is a river in
Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga Oblast (russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, translit=Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2021 Russian Census found a population of 1,069,904.
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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 ...
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Oka's left tributary. The length of the river is . The area of its
basin is .
[«Река ЖИЗДРА»]
Russian State Water Registry The Zhizdra freezes up in late November and stays icebound until early April. Its main tributaries are the
Resseta,
Vytebet, and
Seryona. The towns of
Kozelsk and
Zhizdra
Zhizdra (russian: Жи́здра, lt, Žizdra) is a town and the administrative center of Zhizdrinsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
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are located on the shores of the Zhizdra. The name is of
Lithuanian origin.
In
Lithuanian, ''žizdras'' means 'thick sand, gravel'.
The lower course of the Zhizdra is located in
Ugra National Park
Ugra National Park (russian: Национальный парк Угра) is a national park in central Russia, located in Kaluga Oblast, in the valley of the Ugra River. It was established on 10 February 1997 to protect typical landscapes of Centr ...
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References
Rivers of Kaluga Oblast
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