Kichmenga River

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The Kitschmenga (Russian Кичменьга, Кичменга ) is a left tributary of the jug on the northwestern edge of the North Russian land back in the Vologda Oblast in northwestern Russia.

The Kitschmenga rises in a marshy area north-west of Kalinovskaya. It flows in a wide arc to the north first, then west, then south, and finally to the east. After 208 km she meets on Kitschmengski Gorodok on the coming from the south Jug. The Kitschmenga drains an area of ​​2330 km ². Between November and April the river is covered by a layer of ice. The subsequent spring floods and a major contributor to the annual runoff. The average discharge at the level Sacharowo, 20 km above the mouth, is 17.7 m³ / s The most important tributary is the Swetiza from the right.