The Kichmenga () is a river in Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky and

Velikoustyugsky District Velikoustyugsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1109-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Kotlassky District of Arkhangel ...

s of

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. It is a left

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''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 into which they ...

of the Yug. It is long, and the area of its basin . Its main tributary is the Svetitsa (right). The Kichmenga basin covers almost the whole part of Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District west of the Yug, as well as areas in the south of Velikoustyugsky District, southeast of

Nyuksensky District Nyuksensky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1120-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Vologda Oblast, twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders ...

, and north of

Nikolsky District Nikolsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: * Nikolsky District, Penza Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Penza Oblast *Nikolsky District, Vologda Oblast, an administrative and munic ...

. The source of the Kichmenga is in the northern part of Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District, northwest of the village of Kalinovskaya. The Kichmenga flows north and enters Velikoustyugsky District, at the ''

selo ''Selo'' is a Slavic term for a type of village. It may also refer to: Slovenia * Selo, Ajdovščina, a settlement in the Municipality of Ajdovščina, southwestern Slovenia * Selo, Krško, a settlement in the Municipality of Krško, southeaste ...

'' of Mokeikha turns west, re-enters Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District, and turns south. In the village of Svetitsa the Kichmenga accepts from the right the Svetitsa River and turns southeast. Below Svetitsa, the valley of the Kichmenga is populated, with the road running on the right band of the river. The mouth of the Kichmenga is in the ''selo'' of

Kichmengsky Gorodok Kichmengsky Gorodok () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Yug River, at ...

, the center of the district.

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