The Okhta () is a

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and the eastern part of the city of

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. It is the largest right

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of the river

Neva The Neva ( , ; , ) 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 is the fourth- ...

. It joins the Neva upstream of the Neva's mouth, within the city limits of Saint Petersburg. The length of the Okhta is , and the area of its

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is . Its largest tributary is the

Okkervil The Okkervil () is a river in Leningrad Oblast and the eastern part of the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the largest left tributary of the Okhta. It is long and wide. The name ''Okkervil'' appeared in the 17th century, after the Swed ...

(left). The Rzhevsky Reservoir ( long, wide, with a volume of 4 mln m³) has been built on the Okhta. The

Utkina Dacha Utkina Dacha (Utkin's Dacha, ) is an 18th-century architectural ensemble in St. Petersburg, at the junction of the Okkervil and the Okhta rivers. It is included in Russian cultural heritage register under number 7810250000. the neglected buildi ...

estate is located on the banks of the Okhta close to the mouth of the Okkervil. The source of the Okhta is in the swamps in the northwestern part of Vsevolozhsky District, north of the town of Sertolovo. The Okhta flows southeast, downstream of the settlement of Vartemyagi turns east, passes southwest of the urban-type settlement of

Toksovo Toksovo (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located to the north of St. Petersburg on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by two neighboring stations of the Saint Peters ...

and turns south. Below Toksovo, it essentially flows through the suburbs of Saint Petersburg. Downstream of the town of Murino it enters the city of Saint Petersburg, passes

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and has its mouth under the Malookhtinsky Bridge, which separates Malookhtinskaya and

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s. The drainage basin of the Okhta includes the south of the Karelian Isthmus. The town of

Vsevolozhsk Vsevolozhsk ( rus, Все́воложск, p=ˈfsʲevələʂsk; ) is a town and the administrative center of Vsevolozhsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus east of St. Petersburg. Population: The town's ...

and the urban-type settlements of Toksovo and

Kuzmolovsky Kuzmolovsky () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located north of the city of Saint Petersburg. Municipally it is incorporated as Kuzmolovskoye Urban Settlement, one of the eigh ...

are located in this river basin. Large lakes in the basin of the Okhta include

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and

Lake Khepoyarvi A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...

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{{Rivers of Russia Rivers of Leningrad Oblast Rivers of Saint Petersburg Karelian Isthmus

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