The Vologda () is a river in Sheksninsky and

Vologodsky District Vologodsky District () is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipalLaw #1112-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Ust-Kubinsky and Sokolsky Districts in ...

s of

Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast (, ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The oblast has a population of 1,202,444 (Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census). The largest city is Cherepovets, t ...

as well as in the city of

Vologda Vologda (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population: The city serves as ...

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. A right-

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of the Sukhona, it is long, and the area of its basin . The principal

is the Toshnya (right). The river takes its name from the city of Vologda, which is located on the river Vologda. According to

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's ''Etymological Dictionary'', the name "Vologda" originates from a

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and means "a white city". Another, less reliable account suggests that the city was named after the river and its name should be translated as "white water" (compare Eastern Mari ''volgədo'' "light"). Folk-etymology sometimes associates the name ''Vologda'' with the Russian word ''volok'' () meaning "portage" or "stretch of forest".волок in the Russian Wiktionary
The source of the Vologda lies in the western part of Vologodsky District. The river flows north, enters Sheksninsky District for several kilometers, returns to Vologodsky District and turns southwest. The valley of the Vologda is heavily populated. Upstream of the city of Vologda, the river accepts the Toshnya from the right and turns east, flowing through the city of Vologda. East of Vologda, the river flows northeast past unpopulated swampy areas and joins the Sukhona in the village of Ustye-Vologodskoye. The river basin of the Vologda comprises the major part of Vologodsky District, as well as minor areas of Sheksninsky and Gryazovetsky Districts of Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basins 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 ...

and of the

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. The Vologda is navigable from its confluence with the Toshnya River, however, there is no passenger navigation.

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