The Zhizdra () is a river in
Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kaluga. The Russian Census (2021), 2021 Russian Census found a population o ...
in
Russia
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, a left
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
Oka. The length of the river is . The area of its
basin is .
[«Река ЖИЗДРА»]
Russian State Water Registry The Zhizdra freezes up in late November and stays icebound until early April. Its main tributaries are the
Resseta,
Vytebet, and
Seryona. The towns of
Kozelsk
Kozelsk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra (river), Zhizdra River (a tributary of the Oka (river), Oka), southwest of Kaluga ...
and
Zhizdra are located on the shores of the Zhizdra. The name is of
Lithuanian origin.
In
Lithuanian, ''žizdras'' means 'thick sand, gravel'.
The lower course of the Zhizdra is located in
Ugra National Park
Ugra National Park () is a national park in central Russia, located in Kaluga Oblast, in the valley of the Ugra River (Oka), Ugra River. It was established on 10 February 1997 to protect typical landscapes of Central Russia. In 2002, it was design ...
.
References
Rivers of Kaluga Oblast
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