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Rivers in Russia
YearMaps maps 141 rivers in Russia. The full list follows.
How this list is built: Listed alphabetically. A river is listed where its mapped reach lies, so long rivers appear under more than one country. It covers the rivers indexed in YearMaps, drawn from open geospatial data, and is not an exhaustive national register.
- Rivers Listed
- 141
- With Full Profile
- 104
Linked to a detail page
| Name | Type | Also Flows Through |
|---|---|---|
| Adycha | River | — |
| Alazeya | River | — |
| Aldan | River | — |
| Amgun’ | River | — |
| Amur | River | China |
| Anabar | River | — |
| Anadyr’ | River | — |
| Angara | River | — |
| Argun’ | River | China |
| Belaya | Lake reach | — |
| Bikin | River | — |
| Biya | River | — |
| Bol’shaya Kuonamka | River | — |
| Bol’shoy Anyuy | River | — |
| Bol’shoy Yenisey | River | — |
| Bol’shoy Yugan | River | — |
| Bykovskaya Protoka | River | — |
| Bytantay | River | — |
| Chara | River | — |
| Chulym | River | — |
| Chulyshman | River | — |
| Chuna | River | — |
| Chusovaya | River | — |
| Daugava | River | Belarus, Latvia |
| Desna | River | Ukraine |
| Dnepre | River | — |
| Dnipro | River | Ukraine, Belarus |
| Don | River | — |
| Donets | River | Ukraine |
| Dulgalakh | River | — |
| Heilong Jiang | River | China |
| Indigirka | River | — |
| Ingoda | River | — |
| Irtysh | River | — |
| Ishim | River | Kazakhstan |
| Kama | River | — |
| Kamchatka | River | — |
| Katanga | River | — |
| Katun | River | — |
| Kem | River | — |
| Khatanga | River | — |
| Kheta | River | — |
| Khopr | River | — |
| Kola | River | — |
| Kolyma | River | — |
| Kondoma | River | — |
| Kotuy | River | — |
| Kuban | River | — |
| Kukhtuy | River | — |
| Kureyka | River | — |
| Kyzyl-Khem | River | — |
| Lena | River | — |
| Lotta | River | Finland |
| Lower Tunguska | River | — |
| Luza | River | — |
| Malaya Ob | River | — |
| Malyy Yenisey | River | — |
| Mana | River | — |
| Markha | River | — |
| Maya | River | — |
| Mezen | River | — |
| Moma | River | — |
| Msta | River | — |
| Nadym | River | — |
| Narva | River | Estonia |
| Neman | River | Lithuania |
| Neva | River | — |
| Nizhnyaya Taymyra | Lake reach | — |
| Ob | River | — |
| Oka (lake reach) | Lake reach | — |
| Oka (near Ryazan) | River | — |
| Olëkma | River | — |
| Olenëk | River | — |
| Olenekskaya Protoka | River | — |
| Oloy | River | — |
| Omolon | River | — |
| Onega | River | — |
| Onon | River | Mongolia |
| Ozhogina | River | — |
| Palyavaam | River | — |
| Patsoyoki | Lake reach | Norway |
| Pechora | River | — |
| Penzhina | River | — |
| Pinega | River | — |
| Podkamennaya Tunguska | River | — |
| Popigay | River | — |
| Poronay | River | — |
| Pur | River | — |
| Pyasina | River | — |
| Sartang | River | — |
| Selemdzha | River | — |
| Selenga | River | Mongolia |
| Selennyakh | River | — |
| Severnaya Dvina | River | — |
| Severnaya Sos’va | River | — |
| Seym | River | Ukraine |
| Sheksna | River | — |
| Shilka | River | — |
| Song’acha | River | China |
| Suda | River | — |
| Sukhona | River | — |
| Sura | River | — |
| Svir | River | — |
| Taymura | River | — |
| Taz | River | — |
| Tobol | River | Kazakhstan |
| Tom’ | River | — |
| Trofimovskaya Protoka | River | — |
| Tsna | River | — |
| Tuloma | River | — |
| Tumatskaya Protoka | River | — |
| Tumnin | River | — |
| Tura | River | — |
| Tvertsa | River | — |
| Tyung | River | — |
| Uchur | River | — |
| Uda | River | — |
| Udzha | River | — |
| Unzha | River | — |
| Ural | River | Kazakhstan |
| Usa | River | — |
| Ussuri | River | China |
| Vakh | River | — |
| Vasyugan | River | — |
| Velikaya | River | — |
| Verkhniy Yenisey | Lake reach | — |
| Verkhnyaya Taymyra | River | — |
| Vilyuy | River | — |
| Vishera | River | — |
| Vitim | River | — |
| Volga | River | — |
| Volkhov | River | — |
| Voronya | River | — |
| Vuoksi | River | — |
| Vyatka | River | — |
| Vychegda | River | — |
| Vym | River | — |
| Yana | River | — |
| Yanisyoki | Lake reach | Finland |
| Yenisey | River | — |
| Zeya | River | — |
About the Rivers of Russia
The 104 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.
- Adycha
- The Adycha is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Yana, and is 715 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 89,800 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Alazeya
- The Alazeya is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia, Russia which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger Indigirka to the west and the Kolyma to the east. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Aldan
- The Aldan is the second-longest right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia. The river is 2,273 kilometres long, of which around 1,600 kilometres is navigable. It has a drainage basin of 729,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Amur
- The Amur River or Heilong River is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China. The Amur proper is 2,824 km long, and has a drainage basin of 1,855,000 km2. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Anabar
- The Anabar is a river in Sakha, Russia. It is 380 kilometres long and has a drainage basin of 100,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Angara
- The Angara or Angar is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisey. It is 1,849 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 1,039,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Bikin
- The Bikin is a river in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Ussuri, and is 560 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 22,300 square kilometres. Its main tributaries are the rivers Alchan, Klyuchevaya, Kontrovod and Zeva. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Biya
- The Biya is a river in the Altai Republic and Altai Krai in Russia. At its confluence with the Katun, downstream of the city Biysk, the Ob is formed. The Biya is 301 km long; the area of its drainage basin is 37,000 km2. It flows out of the Lake Teletskoye. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Bytantay
- The Bytantay is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Yana, and is 620 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 40,200 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Chara
- The Chara is a left tributary of the Olyokma in Eastern Siberia, Russia. It is 851 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 87,600 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Chulyshman
- The Chulyshman is a river in Altai Republic in Russia. The river is 241 kilometres long, and its drainage basin covers 16,800 square kilometres. The Chulyshman flows into Lake Teletskoye. It freezes up during late October through early December and stays icebound until late March through early May. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Chuna
- The Chuna, called Uda above the settlement of Chunsky, is a river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. It is 1,203 kilometers long, with a drainage basin of 56,800 square kilometers. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Chusovaya
- The Chusovaya is a river flowing in Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast and Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia. A tributary of the Kama, which in turn is a tributary of the Volga, discharges into the Chusovskoy Cove of the Kamsky Reservoir. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Daugava
- The Daugava, also known as the Western Dvina or the Väina River, is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea. The Daugava rises close to the source of the Volga. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Desna
- The Desna is a river in Russia and Ukraine, a major left-tributary of the Dnieper. Its name in Old East Slavic: деснъ means lit. "right hand". It has a length of 1,130 km, and its drainage basin covers 88,900 km2. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Dnipro
- The Dnieper or Dnepr, also known as the Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Don
- The Don is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Donets
- The Seversky Donets or Siverskyi Donets, usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Dulgalakh
- The Dulgalakh is a river in Yakutia, the left, western source river of the Yana. Its length is 507 km and its basin size 27,300 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Indigirka
- The Indigirka is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is 1,726 kilometres long. The area of its basin is 360,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ingoda
- The Ingoda is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai of Russia. The river is 708 kilometres long and the area of its basin is 37,200 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Irtysh
- The Irtysh is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob and is also the longest tributary in the world. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ishim
- The Ishim is a river running through Kazakhstan and Russia. It is 2,450 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 177,000 square kilometres. Its average discharge is 56.3 cubic metres per second. It is a left tributary of the Irtysh. The Ishim is partly navigable in its lower reaches. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kama
- The Kama, also known as the Chulman, is a 1,805-kilometre long river in Russia. It has a drainage basin of 507,000 square kilometres. It is the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one by discharge. At their confluence, in fact, the Kama is larger in terms of discharge than the Volga. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kamchatka
- The Kamchatka is the longest river in Kamchatka peninsula, located in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. It flows into the Pacific Ocean at the town Ust-Kamchatsk, on the east coast of Kamchatka. It is 758 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 55,900 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Katun
- The Katun is a river in the Altai Republic and the Altai Krai of Russia. It forms the Ob as it joins the Biya some 19 kilometres southwest of Biysk. The Katun is 688 kilometres long, and its drainage basin covers 60,900 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kem
- The Kem is a river in Republic of Karelia, Russia. It starts from the Lower Kuyto lake and flows through a number of lakes into the White Sea. It is 191 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 27,700 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Khatanga
- The Khatanga is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. The river is navigable. The river port of Khatanga is located on the river. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kheta
- The Kheta is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia, left composite of the Khatanga River. The river is 604 kilometres long. The area of its drainage basin is 100,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kola
- The Kola is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is 83 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 3,850 square kilometres. The river flows out of Lake Kolozero north into the Kola Bay of the Barents Sea, some 10 km south of Murmansk. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kolyma
- The Kolyma is a river in northeastern Siberia, whose basin covers parts of the Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and Magadan Oblast of Russia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kondoma
- The Kondoma is a river in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It is left tributary of the Tom. It is 392 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 8,270 square kilometres. The towns of Tashtagol, Osinniki and Kaltan are situated by the Kondoma. Its main tributaries are the Mundybash, Tesh, and Telbes rivers. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kotuy
- The Kotuy is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is one of the two rivers that form the Khatanga; the other one being the Kheta. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kuban
- The Kuban is a river in Russia that flows through the Western Caucasus and drains into the Sea of Azov. The Kuban runs mostly through Krasnodar Krai for 660 kilometres, but also in the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Stavropol Krai and the Republic of Adygea. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kukhtuy
- The Kukhtuy is a river in Okhotsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East. It has a drainage basin of 8,610 square kilometres and a length of 348 km. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kureyka
- The Kureyka is a major right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kyzyl-Khem
- The Little Yenisei is a river in northern Mongolia and in Tuva, Russia. At its confluence with the Great Yenisei in Kyzyl, the Yenisei is formed. It is 563 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 58,700 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Lena
- The Lena is a river in the Russian Far East and is the easternmost river of the three great rivers of Siberia which flow into the Arctic Ocean, the others being Ob and Yenisey. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Lotta
- The Lotta is a river that is part of the watercourse of the Tuloma. It flows through the eastern parts of the municipalities of Inari and Sodankylä in Finland and in the southern part of Pechenga in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Lower Tunguska
- The Nizhnyaya Tunguska is a river in Siberia, Russia, that flows through the Irkutsk Oblast and the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The river is a right tributary of the Yenisey joining it at Turukhansk. The ice-free period on the Nizhnyaya Tunguska starts in mid-June and ends in the first half of October. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Luza
- The Luza is a river in Oparinsky and Luzsky Districts of Kirov Oblast, Priluzsky District of the Komi Republic, and Velikoustyugsky District of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Yug. It is 574 kilometers long, and the area of its drainage basin is 18,300 square kilometers. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Maya
- The Maya is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Sakha, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan of the Lena basin. The length of the river is 1,053 kilometres. The area of its basin 171,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Mezen
- The Mezen is a river in Udorsky District of the Komi Republic and in Leshukonsky and Mezensky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. Its mouth is located in the Mezen Bay of the White Sea. Mezen is one of the biggest rivers of European Russia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Moma
- The Moma is a river in Yakutia in Russia, a right tributary of the Indigirka. The length of the river is 406 kilometres, the area of its drainage basin is 30,200 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Msta
- The Msta is a river in Tver and Novgorod Oblasts of northwestern Russia, a tributary of Lake Ilmen. It is 445 kilometres long, and the area of its basin is 23,300 square kilometres. The principal tributaries of the Msta are the Berezayka, the Uver, the Peretna, and the Kholova. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Nadym
- The Nadym is a river in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The length of the Nadym is 545 kilometers. The area of its basin is 64,000 square kilometers. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Narva
- The Narva, formerly also Narwa or Narova, is a river in northeastern Estonia flowing 77 kilometres north from Lake Peipus to the Baltic Sea. It is the largest Estonian river by discharge and forms part of the Estonia–Russia border. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Neman
- The Neman, Nioman, Nemunas, Niemen, or Memel, is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its southern channel. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Neva
- The Neva is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of 74 kilometres, it is the fourth-largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ob
- The Ob is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia, and with its tributary the Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at 5,410 kilometres. The Ob forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins in the Altai Mountains. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Oka (near Ryazan)
- The Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as the town of Kaluga. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Olenëk
- The Olenyok is a major river in northern Siberian Russia, west of the lower Lena and east of the Anabar. It is 2,292 kilometres long, of which around 1,000 kilometres is navigable. Average water discharge is 1,210 cubic metres per second. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Oloy
- The Oloy is a river in Magadan Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Omolon. The length of the river is 471 kilometres. The area of its drainage basin is 23,100 square kilometres. The river flows through sparsely populated areas of Chukotka. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Omolon
- The Omolon is the principal tributary of the Kolyma in northeast Siberia. The length of the river is 1,114 kilometres. The area of its basin is 113,000 square kilometres. The Omolon freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May through early June. The lower 600 kilometres are navigable. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Onega
- The Onega is a river in Kargopolsky, Plesetsky, and Onezhsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. The Onega connects Lake Lacha with the Onega Bay in the White Sea southwest of Arkhangelsk, flowing in the northern direction. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Onon
- The Onon is a river in Mongolia and Russia. It is 1,032 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 96,200 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ozhogina
- The Ozhogina is a tributary of the Kolyma in eastern Siberia. The river is 523 kilometres long. The area of its basin is 24,300 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Palyavaam
- The Palyavaam is a river in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. It is 416 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 12,900 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Pechora
- The Pechora is the sixth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Northwest Russia and into the Arctic Ocean, it lies mostly in the Komi Republic but the northernmost part crosses the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Penzhina
- The Penzhina is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is 713 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 73,500 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Pinega
- The Pinega is a river in Verkhnetoyemsky, Pinezhsky, and Kholmogorsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina. It is 779 kilometres long, and the area of its basin 42,600 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Podkamennaya Tunguska
- The Podkamennaya Tunguska also known as Middle Tunguska or Stony Tunguska, is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Popigay
- The Popigay is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Khatanga. The length of the river is 532 kilometers. The area of its drainage basin is 50,300 square kilometers. The river has its source in the Anabar Plateau. It freezes up in October and breaks up in June. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Poronay
- The Poronay is the longest river on the island of Sakhalin in Russia. It flows in a southerly direction through Tym, Smirnykhovsky and Poronaysky Districts. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Pur
- The Pur is a river in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It has a length of 389 kilometres —1,024 kilometres counting the length of the Pyakupur at its head. The area of its basin is 112,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Pyasina
- The Pyasina is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The river is 818 kilometres long, and its basin covers 182,000 square kilometres. The Pyasina River originates in Lake Pyasino and flows into the Pyasino Gulf of the Kara Sea. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Sartang
- The Sartang is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is the eastern, right source river of the Yana, and is 620 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 17,800 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Selemdzha
- The Selemdzha is a river in the Amur Region of Russia. It is the biggest, left tributary of the Zeya. The length of the river is 647 kilometres or 402 miles, and the area of its basin 68,600 square kilometres or 26,500 square miles. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Selenga
- The Selenga or Selenge is a major river in Mongolia and Buryatia, Russia. Originating from its headwater tributaries, the Ider and the Delger mörön, it flows for 992–1,024 kilometres before draining into Lake Baikal. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Selennyakh
- The Selennyakh is a river in Sakha Republic, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Indigirka. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Severnaya 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 Ocean. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Seym
- The Seym or Seim is a river that flows westward in Russia and Ukraine. It is 748 kilometres long and its basin area about 27,500 square kilometres. It is the largest tributary of the Desna. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Sheksna
- The Sheksna is a river in the Belozersky, Kirillovsky, Sheksninsky, and Cherepovetsky districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volga. It is 139 kilometres long, and the area of its basin 19,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Shilka
- The Shilka is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, south-eastern Russia. It has a length of 560 km, and has a drainage basin of 206,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Song’acha
- The Sungacha or Songacha is a river marking part of the border between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. It is a left tributary of the Ussuri, and the only outflow of Khanka Lake. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Suda
- The Suda is a river in Babayevsky, Kaduysky, and Cherepovetsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It flows into the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga. It is 184 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 13,500 square kilometres and an average discharge of 134 cubic metres per second. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Sukhona
- The Sukhona is a river in the European part of Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina. The course of the Sukhona lies in Ust-Kubinsky, Sokolsky, Mezhdurechensky, Totemsky, Tarnogsky, Nyuksensky, and Velikoustyugsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Sura
- The Sura is a river in Russia, a north-flowing right tributary of the Volga. Its mouth on the Volga is about halfway between Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. It flows through Penza Oblast, Mordovia, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Chuvashia and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Svir
- The Svir is a river in Podporozhsky, Lodeynopolsky, and Volkhovsky districts in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It flows westwards from Lake Onega to Lake Ladoga, thus connecting the two largest lakes of Europe. It is the largest river flowing into Lake Ladoga. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Taymura
- The Taymura is a river that runs to the west of Central Siberia in Evenkiysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Nizhnyaya Tunguska. It is 661 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 32,500 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Taz
- The Taz is a river located in western Siberia, has a length of 1,401 kilometers and drains a basin estimated at 150,000 square kilometers. Its middle and lower course are located within Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, while its upper course borders with Krasnoyarsk Krai. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Tobol
- The Tobol is a river in Western Siberia and the main tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is 1,591 km, and the area of its drainage basin is 426,000 km2. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Tuloma
- The Tuloma is a river in Murmansk Oblast in Russia. With a drainage basin of 21,500 square kilometres and an average discharge at 255 m3/s, the Tuloma is one of the biggest rivers in northern Fennoscandia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Tura
- The Tura is a river in the Sverdlovsk and Tyumen Oblasts of Russia, a left tributary of the Tobol. It flows across the Tura Plain. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Tvertsa
- The Tvertsa is a river in Vyshnevolotsky, Spirovsky, Torzhoksky, and Kalininsky Districts, as well as in the cities of Torzhok and Tver in Tver Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga. It is 188 kilometres long, and the area of its basin is 6,510 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Tyung
- The Tyung is a river in Yakutia, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Vilyuy in the Lena basin. The length of the river is 1,092 kilometres. The area of its basin is 49,800 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Uchur
- The Uchur is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Yakutia in Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan. The length of the river is 812 kilometres. The area of its drainage basin is 113,000 square kilometres. The Uchur freezes in November and breaks up in May. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Unzha
- The Unzha is a river in the Vologda and Kostroma oblasts of Russia. It is a tributary of the Volga, which it enters at the Gorky Reservoir. It is 426 kilometres long, and its basin covers 27,800 square kilometres. The Unzha begins at the confluence of the rivers Kema and the Lundonga. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ural
- The Ural, also known as the Yaik, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in the continental border between Europe and Asia. It originates in the southern Ural Mountains and discharges into the Caspian Sea. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Ussuri
- The Ussuri or Wusuli is a river that runs through Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais, Russia and the southeast region of Northeast China in the province of Heilongjiang. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Vakh
- The Vakh is a river in Khanty–Mansia, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Ob. The Vakh is 964 kilometres long with a basin area of 76,700 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Vasyugan
- The Vasyugan is a river in the southern West Siberian Plain of Russia, a left tributary of the Ob. Its course from its source in the Vasyugan Swamp is entirely within the Kargasok district of Tomsk Oblast. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Velikaya
- The Velikaya is a river in Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky, Sebezhsky, Opochetsky, Pushkinogorsky, Ostrovsky, Palkinsky, and Pskovsky Districts of Pskov Oblast, as well as in the city of Pskov in Russia. It is the largest tributary of Lake Peipus and belongs to the drainage basin of the Narva. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Vilyuy
- The Vilyuy is a river in Russia, the longest tributary of the Lena. About 2,650 kilometres long, it flows mostly within the Sakha Republic. Its basin covers about 454,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Vitim
- The Vitim is a major tributary of the Lena. Its source is east of Lake Baikal, at the confluence of rivers Vitimkan from the west and China from the east. The Vitim flows first south, bends eastwards and then northward in the Vitim Plateau. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- 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 3,531 km, and a catchment area of 1,360,000 km2. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Volkhov
- The Volkhov is a river in Novgorodsky and Chudovsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast and Kirishsky and Volkhovsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia. The Volkhov, which forms part of the basin of the Neva, is the only outflow of Lake Ilmen, and connects it with Lake Ladoga. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Voronya
- The Voronya is a river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is 155 km in length. The area of its drainage basin is 9,940 km². The Voronya flows out of Lake Lovozero and into the Barents Sea. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Vuoksi
- The Vuoksi is a river running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Vyatka
- The Vyatka is a river in Kirov Oblast and Tatarstan in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Kama. It is 1,314 kilometres long, and its drainage basin covers 129,000 square kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Vychegda
- The Vychegda is a river in the European part of Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina. Its length is about 1,100 kilometres. Its source is approximately 310 kilometres west of the northern Ural Mountains. It flows roughly in a western direction, through the Komi Republic and Arkhangelsk Oblast. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Vym
- The Vym is a river in the Komi Republic, Russia. It is a tributary of the Vychegda in the basin of the Northern Dvina. It is 499 kilometres long, and its drainage basin covers 25,600 square kilometres. Its average discharge is 196 cubic metres per second. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Quick Answers
- How many rivers are there in Russia?
- YearMaps lists 141 rivers for Russia. This is the number mapped in the atlas, not an official national count.
- Which rivers of Russia also flow through other countries?
- The Amur (also China); The Argun’ (also China); The Daugava (also Belarus, Latvia); The Desna (also Ukraine); The Dnipro (also Ukraine, Belarus); The Donets (also Ukraine); The Heilong Jiang (also China); The Ishim (also Kazakhstan), and 12 more in the table above.