The Melecha () is a river in Sandovsky, Molokovsky, and

Bezhetsky District Bezhetsky District () is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Tver Oblast, thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Molokovsky District ...

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. Together with the Mogocha, it forms the

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, a major right tributary of the

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. It is long, and the area of its basin is . The principal tributary is the Belaya (left). The source of the Melecha is located south of the selo of Staroye Sandovo in Sandovsky District. The river flows southwest, reaches Molokovsky District, and turns east forming the border between the districts. Further east, it departs south from the border, turns west, turns south, crosses into Bezhetsky District and joins the Mogocha to form the Osen southwest of the village of Pereuz. The

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of the Melecha includes the southeastern part of Sandovsky District, the western half of Molokovsky District, the north of Bezhetsky District, as well as minor areas in the south of

Vesyegonsky District Vesyegonsky District () is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Cherepovetsky District of Vologda Oblast in the nort ...

. The urban-type settlement of Molokovo lies in the drainage basin of the Melecha.

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{{Reflist Rivers of Tver Oblast