The Slavyanka () is a river in
Leningrad Oblast
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of
Russia
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. It is a left tributary of the
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 is long, with a
drainage basin
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of .
[«Река СЛАВЯНКА (БАС.Р.НЕВА БАЛТ.М.»]
Russian State Water Registry
The river begins in swamps southwest of
Pavlovsk, and flows northeast towards Pavlovsk, where it passes through the parks surrounding the large
Pavlovsk Palace
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. It then continues north, and flows into the Neva in the Rybatskoye area of
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
. At the mouth the river is about deep. The Slavyanka is a typical slow-moving lowland river.
References
External links
Savyolova, E.A.: Slavyanka and its tributaries(Russian)
Rivers of Leningrad Oblast
Rivers of Saint Petersburg
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg
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