The Mogocha () is a river in Krasnokholmsky, 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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Tver Oblast Tver Oblast (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. From 1935 to 1990, it was known as Kalinin Oblast (). Population: Tver Oblast is a region of lakes, such as Seliger and Brosno. Much o ...

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. Together with the Melecha, it forms the

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, a major

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tributary of the

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. It is long, and the area of its basin is . The principal tributaries of the Mogocha are the Uyvesh (left) and the Loyka (right). The source of the Mogocha is located in the south of Krasnokholmsky District, close to the village of

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. The river flows north and runs several kilometers west of the town of

Krasny Kholm Krasny Kholm () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Krasny Kholm, Krasnokholmsky District, Tver Oblast, a town of district significance in Krasnokholmsky District of Tver Oblast ;Rural localities * Krasny Khol ...

, turns northwest and enters Molokovsky District. There, it accepts the Loyka from the right and gradually turns southwest. The mouth of the Mogocha is in Bezhetsky District, close to the village of Pereuz. The

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of the Mogocha includes the western part of Krasnokholmsky District, the eastern part of Molokovsky District, the northwestern part of

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

, as well as the northeastern part of Bezhetsky District. The town of Krasny Kholm lies in the basin of the Mogocha.

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{{Reflist Rivers of Tver Oblast