The Uver () is a river in Moshenskoy and

Borovichsky District Borovichsky District () is an administrativeLaw #559-OZ and municipalLaw #373-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Novgorod Oblast, twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders wi ...

s of

Novgorod Oblast Novgorod Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Veliky Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, including Veliky Novgorod and Staraya Russa, are located in the oblast. The historic m ...

. 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

Msta The Msta () is a river in Tver and Novgorod Oblasts of northwestern Russia, a tributary of Lake Ilmen. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Msta are the Berezayka (left), the Uver (right), the Peretna (left ...

. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributary is the Syezha (left). The source of the Uver is in Lake Korobozha, northeast of the town of

Borovichi Borovichi () is the second largest town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Msta River in the northern spurs of the Valdai Hills, east of Veliky Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its populati ...

. It flows south and joins the Msta between the settlements of Berezovsky Ryadok and Opechensky Posad. The '' selo'' of Moshenskoye is located on the banks of the Uver. The

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, ...

of the Uver comprises the western part of Moshenskoy District, the northern part of Udomelsky District of

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 ...

, as well as areas in the south of

Khvoyninsky District Khvoyninsky District () is an administrativeLaw #559-OZ and municipalLaw #396-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Boksitogorsky District of Leningrad ...

and in the southeast of Borovichsky District, both of Novgorod Oblast. Before the 18th century, one of the waterways between Novgorod and the river basin of the

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 ...

ran along the

and the Uver. The foundation of Moshenskoye in the 16th century was presumably related to the existence of this waterway.

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{{Rivers of Russia Rivers of Novgorod Oblast