The Sestra () is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast (, , informally known as , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census) living in an area of , it is one of the most densely populate ...

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. It is a left

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of the

Dubna Dubna ( rus, Дубна́, p=dʊbˈna) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It has a status of '' naukograd'' (i.e. town of science), being home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international nuclear physics research center and o ...

(

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basin). Its source is the

Senezh Lake Senezh (), also known as Senezhskoye (Сенежское), is a lake in Moscow Oblast, Russia, about 60 km northwest of Moscow. Area: 7 km². The town of Solnechnogorsk Solnechnogorsk (, lit. ''sunny mountain town'') is a town and the ...

. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is .«Река Сестра»
Russian State Water Registry The river freezes over in November to early January and stays icebound until late March or April. Its main tributary is the

Yakhroma Yakhroma () is a town in Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Yakhroma River, north of Moscow. Population: History It was founded in 1841 as a settlement servicing a local textile factory on the Yakroma River. In 1901 ...

. The town of

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is located on the Sestra.

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Rivers of Moscow Oblast {{South-Russia-river-stub