In which direction does the Volga river flow in Russia?
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arukan_1608says
River, western Russia.
Europe's longest river and the principal waterway of western Russia, it rises in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow and flows 2,193 mi (3,530 km) southeastward to empty into the Caspian Sea. It is used for power production, irrigation, flood control, and transportation. The river has played an importantpart in the life of the Russian people, and in Russian folklore it is characteristically named “Mother Volga.”
The uniqueness of the mouth area of Volga provides the presence of one of the most complicatedly broken deltas of the world and the huge shallow seaside. The delta of Volga is the oasis among the dry steppes and semi-deserts. The hydrographic net of delta is represented by numerous currents (sleeves, channels and erics) and the imen lakes. The general number of currents is about 1000 [18]. The length of the sae boundary is as long as 175 km. The shallow indelta zone is of the mouth seacoast has the extent from the north to south for 30-50 km and is as deep as 2,5 m (with the sea level –27 BC). This part of the sea coast is cut by the net of natural furrows and artificial navigable channels and fishing channels. The total amount of channels is 28, 3 of them are nvigable channels, 8 are arterial and 17 are additional fishing channels. Volgo-Caspian channel (86 km long, 5 m deep), Belinsky channel (42 km long, 3 m deep) and lagan (30 km long, not bound with the delta) belong to the navigable channels. In the beginning of 90s the depth of arterial fishing channels was 1,5 m [18].
The shoal part of the mouth coast is grown by water flora.
The area of the mouth coast consist of bent platform wide as 70 m and deep as 3-7 m (between the isogypsum –30 — -34 v BC) and of the è èç ñâàëà ãëóáèí ñ ðåçêèì óâåëè÷åíèåì ãëóáèí îò 7 äî 13-15 ì (ìåæäó èçîãèïñàìè -34 è -40 – -42 ì ÁÑ ïðè óðîâíå ìîðÿ -27 ì ÁÑ).
In the delta of Volga the flow of the river is distributed according to the schemes of five main sleeves (table 2.7.5.1), of which Buzan (the most left one) and Bakhtemir (the most right one) are the most water-bearing. When decreasing the size of the flow of the river the portion of Bakhtemir’s flow increases noticeably (table 2.7.5.1) and this fact testifies the tendency of this sleeve to the energezation (it is stimulated by the deep marine exit through the Volgo-Caspian channel).
arukan_1608 says
River, western Russia.
Europe's longest river and the principal waterway of western Russia, it rises in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow and flows 2,193 mi (3,530 km) southeastward to empty into the Caspian Sea. It is used for power production, irrigation, flood control, and transportation. The river has played an importantpart in the life of the Russian people, and in Russian folklore it is characteristically named “Mother Volga.”
vudini says
On a map, the Volga would flow north.
In reality, it flows downstream, to the sea.
PINGUINO says
Mouth area of Volga
The uniqueness of the mouth area of Volga provides the presence of one of the most complicatedly broken deltas of the world and the huge shallow seaside. The delta of Volga is the oasis among the dry steppes and semi-deserts. The hydrographic net of delta is represented by numerous currents (sleeves, channels and erics) and the imen lakes. The general number of currents is about 1000 [18]. The length of the sae boundary is as long as 175 km. The shallow indelta zone is of the mouth seacoast has the extent from the north to south for 30-50 km and is as deep as 2,5 m (with the sea level –27 BC). This part of the sea coast is cut by the net of natural furrows and artificial navigable channels and fishing channels. The total amount of channels is 28, 3 of them are nvigable channels, 8 are arterial and 17 are additional fishing channels. Volgo-Caspian channel (86 km long, 5 m deep), Belinsky channel (42 km long, 3 m deep) and lagan (30 km long, not bound with the delta) belong to the navigable channels. In the beginning of 90s the depth of arterial fishing channels was 1,5 m [18].
The shoal part of the mouth coast is grown by water flora.
The area of the mouth coast consist of bent platform wide as 70 m and deep as 3-7 m (between the isogypsum –30 — -34 v BC) and of the è èç ñâàëà ãëóáèí ñ ðåçêèì óâåëè÷åíèåì ãëóáèí îò 7 äî 13-15 ì (ìåæäó èçîãèïñàìè -34 è -40 – -42 ì ÁÑ ïðè óðîâíå ìîðÿ -27 ì ÁÑ).
In the delta of Volga the flow of the river is distributed according to the schemes of five main sleeves (table 2.7.5.1), of which Buzan (the most left one) and Bakhtemir (the most right one) are the most water-bearing. When decreasing the size of the flow of the river the portion of Bakhtemir’s flow increases noticeably (table 2.7.5.1) and this fact testifies the tendency of this sleeve to the energezation (it is stimulated by the deep marine exit through the Volgo-Caspian channel).