
The Sula (russian: Сула) is a river in
Leshukonsky District
Leshukonsky District (russian: Лешуко́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Municipally, it is incorporated as Leshukonsky Municipal District.Law #2 ...
of
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...
in
Russia. It is a right
tributary of the
Mezen. It is long, and the area of its basin . The major tributaries of the Sula are the
Pyshega and the
Omza (both left).
The Sula starts on the Kozminsky Kamen Plateau, part of the
Timan Ridge The Timan Ridge (russian: Тиманский кряж – ''Timansky Kryazh'') is a highland in the far north of European Russia. Most of the Timan Ridge is situated in the Komi Republic, but the northernmost part is in Nenets Autonomous Okrug a ...
. It generally flows in the south-western direction.
The valley of the Sula is one of the most remote areas of Arkhangelsk Oblast. There are no settlements on the river, except for the village of Zasulye in the mouth of the Sula. There are several wooden houses, located all over the river course and used by seasonal hunters. In the middle course of the Sula, a road runs parallel to the river. This road connects the Mezen valley (the village of Ust-Kyma) with the
Pechora valley (the village of
Ust-Tsilma
Ust-Tsilma (russian: Усть-Ци́льма, kv, Чилимдін, ''Ćilimdïn'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic, Russia, located where the Tsilma River enters th ...
) and is not passable for ordinary cars.
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External links
*{{cite web, url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=162323, script-title=ru:Река Сула, publisher=State Water Register of Russia, language=Russian, accessdate=10 August 2011
Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast