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Bodies of water of Russia by federal subject (88 C). Bodies of water of the Barents Sea (1 C, 5 P) Bodies of water of the Chukchi Sea (1 C, 5 P)
Bays of Russia by federal subject (14 C) ... Bodies of water of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (1 C, 7 P) Bodies of water of Yaroslavl Oblast (2 C) Z.
Russia's inland bodies of water are chiefly a legacy of extensive glaciation. Ladoga and Onega in northwestern Russia are two of the largest lakes in Europe . [ 1 ] However, Lake Baikal is the largest and most prominent among Russia's fresh water bodies, is the world's deepest, purest, oldest and most capacious fresh water lake, containing over ...
Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are the Volga (which is the longest river in Europe), Pechora, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dnieper (flowing through Russia, then Belarus and Ukraine and into the Black Sea) and the Western Dvina (flowing ...
A watershed district (Russian: Бассейновый округ, romanized: Basseynovy okrug) in Russia is any of twenty groups of water bodies listed in the Water Code of Russian Federation, serving as the main unit of management in the field of use and protection of water bodies.
Bodies of water of Russia (20 C, 5 P) C. Coasts of Russia (9 C, 11 P) D. ... Water parks in Russia (1 P) Water sports in Russia (9 C) Waterfalls of Russia (1 C, 10 P)
The river flows in Russia through forests, forest steppes and steppes. Five of the ten largest cities of Russia, including the nation's capital, Moscow, are located in the Volga's drainage basin. Because the Volga drains into the Caspian Sea, which is an endorheic body of water, the Volga does not naturally connect to any of the world's oceans.
During the winter, the water transparency in open sections can be as much as 30–40 m (100–130 ft), but during the summer it is typically 5–8 m (15–25 ft). [27] Baikal is rich in oxygen, even in deep sections, [27] which separates it from distinctly stratified bodies of water such as Lake Tanganyika and the Black Sea. [28] [29]