The Mekhrenga () is a river in Plesetsky and

Kholmogorsky District Kholmogorsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kholmogorsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the center of the oblast ...

s and in the town of Mirny 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 Yemtsa. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Mekhrenga are the Shorda (left), the Myagdoma (right), and the Puksa (left). The Mekhrenga is the biggest tributary of the Yemtsa, and is actually longer than the Yemtsa. Its river basin covers the northern part of the

Nyandomsky District Nyandomsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Nyandomsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the s ...

, the south-eastern part of the Plesetsky District, and the southern part of the Kholmogorsky District. The source of the Mekhrenga is in the south of the Plesetsky District, close to the border with the Nyandomsly District, several kilometers to the west of the village of Saltozero. It flows east, passes two lakes (Lake Ora and Lake Chyolmus) and then turns north. Downstream from the lakes, the valley of the Mekhrenga is populated, except for the stretch of the river within the town limits of Mirny. The mouth of the Mekhrenga is located in the village of Ust-Mekhrenga.

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* {{cite web, url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=161501, script-title=ru:Река Мехреньга (Мегренга), publisher=State Water Register of Russia, language=Russian, accessdate=30 July 2011 Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast