The Tifina (), also known as the Tikhvinka (), is a river in Bezhetsky, Rameshkovsky, Maksatikhinsky, Likhoslavlsky, and

Spirovsky District Spirovsky District () is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Maksatikhinsky District in the north, Likhoslavlsky Dis ...

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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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. It is a right

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

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Volchina The Volchina () is a river in Vyshnevolotsky, Udomelsky, and Maksatikhinsky Districts of Tver Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Mologa. It is long, and the area of its basin . The main tributaries are the Tifina (left) and the Vo ...

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drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

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Volga The Volga (, ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment ...

. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributary is the Sudomlya (left). The source of the Tifina is located in the southwestern corner of Bezhetsky District, close to the village of Kleymikha. The river flows west, its short stretch makes a border between Rameshkovsky and Maksatikhinsky District. Further downstream, the Tifina crosses the southern part of Maksatikhinsky District, turns northwest, crosses the northwestern part of Likhoslavlsky District, makes a stretch of the border between Likhoslavlsky and Maksatikhinsky Districts, crosses back into Maksatikhinsky District, turns west and makes a stretch of the border between Spirovsky and Likhoslavlsky Districts. It accepts the Svetcha River from the left, turns northwest, and at the village of Medvedkovo sharply turns east. It crosses back into Maksatikhinsky District and turns north. The mouth of the Tifina is by the village of Novopavlovskoye. The drainage basin of the Tifina includes the southwestern part of Maksatikhinsky District, the northeastern parts of Likhoslavlsky and Spirovsky Districts, as well as minor areas in Bezhetsky, Rameshkovsky, Vyshnevolotsky, and

Udomelsky District Udomelsky 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 north of the oblast and borders with Moshenskoy District ...

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