The Andoma () is a river in
Vytegorsky District
Vytegorsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1113-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast, twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders ...
of
Vologda Oblast
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in
Russia
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. It flows out of
Lake Groptozero and is a
tributary
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of
Lake Onega
Lake Onega (; also known as Onego; , ; ; Livvi-Karelian language, Livvi: ''Oniegujärvi''; ) is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basin of the Baltic ...
. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributary of the Andoma is the
Samina (right).
The river basin of the Andoma occupies much of the northern part of Vytegorsky District. The river flows through the
Andoma Hills, and the basin contains many lakes of glacial origin. The biggest lake in the Andoma Basin is
Lake Aynozero.
The source of the Andoma is in the system of lakes in the northern part of Vytegorsky District. The river flows in the general direction south, turns west, and eventually northwest. The lower course of the Andoma is populated. In the village of
Sorokopolye the Andoma accepts the Samina from the right, and downstream from this place it forms a
delta
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as it flows into Lake Onega.
A short stretch of a highway connecting
Vologda
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The city serves as ...
and
Medvezhyegorsk
Medvezhyegorsk (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Population: 15,800 (1959).
History
Between 1703–1710 and 1766–1769, a factory was operating in the village. ...
via
Vytegra and
Pudozh
Pudozh (; ; ; or ') is a town and the administrative center of Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Vodla River east of Petrozavodsk, but traveling by the road around Lake Onega. Population: 8,000 (1970). ...
runs along the Andoma, crossing it over a bridge in the village of Sorokopolye.
Between 1927 and 1957
Andomsky District with the center in the selo of
Andomsky Pogost existed, first in
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast (, ; ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Russian census, 2021 Census); up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Russian census ...
, from 1937 on in Vologda Oblast.
In 1957, the district was abolished and merged into Vytegorsky District. Both the selo, located upstream from Sorokopolye, and the district were named after the Andoma.
References
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{{Rivers of Russia
Rivers of Vologda Oblast