The Uftyuga () is a river in

Krasnoborsky District Krasnoborsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast, twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ Subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, Municipally, it is incorpor ...

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

. 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 ...

of the

Northern Dvina The Northern Dvina (, ; ) is a river in northern Russia flowing through Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. Along with the Pechora River to the east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Arctic O ...

. The river is long. The area of its basin is . The Uftyuga freezes in mid-October to early November and stays under the ice until mid-April to early May. Its main tributary is the Lakhoma (right). The source of the Uftyuga is on the border between Krasnoborsky and Lensky Districts. The river flows south-west. The biggest settlements on the river are Kulikovo,

Verkhnyaya Uftyuga Verkhnyaya Uftyuga () is a rural locality (a village) and the administrative center of Verkhneuftyugskoye Rural Settlement of Krasnoborsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐ ...

, and Beryozonavolok. At its mouth, the Uftyuga flows into the Peschany Poloy, a branch of the Northern Dvina to the east of its main course. The Peschany Poloy then joins the Northern Dvina nearly opposite

Krasnoborsk Krasnoborsk () is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia: *Krasnoborsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, a ''village#Russia, selo'' in Krasnoborsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast *Krasnoborsk, Ulyanovsk Oblast, ...

(which is on the left bank). The State Water Register of Russia lists of the river's lower course, from Kulikovo downstream, as navigable.

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