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![]() The Volga at Ulyanovsk | |
![]() Map o the Volga drainage basin | |
Native name | Волга |
Basin | |
Main source | Valdai Hills, Tver Oblast 228[1] m (748 ft) 57°9′N 32°36′E / 57.150°N 32.600°E |
River mooth | Caspian Sea Astrakhan Oblast −28[1] m (−92 ft) 45°50′N 47°58′E / 45.833°N 47.967°ECoordinates: 45°50′N 47°58′E / 45.833°N 47.967°E[2] |
Basin size | 1,380,000 km2 (530,000 sq mi) |
Pheesical chairacteristics | |
Lenth | 3,530[1] km (2,190 mi) |
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The Volga (Roushie: Во́лга) is the langest river in Europe; it is Europe's lairgest river in terms o dischairge an wattershed an aw. It flows throu central Roushie, an is widely viewed as the naitional river o Roushie. Eleiven o the twinty lairgest ceeties o Roushie, includin the caipital, Moscow, are situatit in the Volga's drainage basin. Some o the lairgest reservoirs in the warld can be foond alang the Volga. The river haes a seembolic meanin in Roushie cultur an is aften referred tae as Volga-Matushka (Mither Volga) in Roushie leeteratur an fowklear.
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