The Chagodoshcha (russian: Чагодоща, also known as Chagoda, russian: Чагода) is a river in
Boksitogorsky District
Boksitogorsky District (russian: Бокситого́рский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #78-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the o ...
of
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1 ...
and in
Chagodoshchensky,
Babayevsky, and
Ustyuzhensky Districts of
Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast ( rus, Вологодская область, p=vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Vologodskaya oblast, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The Oblast has a population of 1,202, ...
in
Russia
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. It is a left
tributary
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of the
Mologa. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries are the
Lid (left), the
Pes
Pes (Latin for "foot") or the acronym PES may refer to:
Pes
* Pes (unit), a Roman unit of length measurement roughly corresponding with a foot
* Pes or podatus, a
* Pes (rural locality), several rural localities in Russia
* Pes (river), a river ...
(right), and the
Vnina (left).
The source of Chagodoshcha lies in the southeast of Leningrad Oblast, south of the town of
Pikalyovo. The river flows in the general direction southeast and enters Vologda Oblast, where it accepts the
Goryun from the left. In Vologda Oblast, the Chagodoshcha turns east and accepts the Lid from the left, and, right upstream from the settlement of
Chagoda, the Pes from the right. The urban-type settlement of Chagoda is located on both banks of the Chagodoshcha. The river crosses Chagodoshchensky District from the west to the east, and subsequently runs at the border between Babayevsky (north) and Ustyuzhensky (south) Districts, turns northeast and enters Babayevsky District where it accepts the Vnina from the left. It then turns southeast and enters Ustyuzhensky District. The mouth of the Chagodoshcha is in the settlement of
Imeni Zhelyabova.
The river basin of the Chagodoshcha comprises the eastern part of Boksitogorsky District of Leningrad Oblast, the northeastern part of
Khvoyninsky District of
Novgorod Oblast
Novgorod Oblast (russian: Новгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Novgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Veliky Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, includi ...
, as well as the whole area of Chagodoshchensky District, the south of Babayevsky District, and minor areas in Ustyuzhensky District, all of Vologda Oblast.
Both Chagodoshchensky District and its center, the urban-type settlement of Chagoda, are named after the river.
A big portion of the lower course of the Chagodoshcha, downstream of the mouth of the Goryun River, belongs to
Tikhvinskaya water system, one of the waterways constructed in the early 19th century to connect the river basins of the
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...
and the
Neva
The Neva (russian: Нева́, ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it i ...
. Currently, it is not used for any commercial navigation.
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Rivers of Vologda Oblast
Rivers of Leningrad Oblast