Pinega River

Pinega at Jedoma

Pinega in the northern basin of the Northern Dvina

The 779 km long Pinega (Russian Пинега ) is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina in the north of the European part of Russia.

The Pinega arises in the east of Arkhangelsk Oblast in 135 m height from the short, about 30 km long source rivers Belaya ( " whiteness " ) and Chernaya ( " the Black "). First, it flows in a wide valley in mainly north-westerly direction through the taiga of northern East European lowlands, turns to the last good 100 kilometers south-west direction, and finally ends at the village of Ust- Pinega in the lower reaches of the Northern Dvina ( at 1 m ).

The catchment area of ​​42,600 km ² comprises Pinega. At the mouth of the average water flow is 430 m³ / s ( minimum in March, peak in May with over 1700 m³ / s). Approximately 120 kilometers above the mouth, at the same settlement Pinega, the flow approaches to within a few kilometers of the opening into the Mesenbusen Kuloi, with which it is connected via the Kuloikanal. In the lower reaches the Pinega is about 400 meters wide and two meters deep, the flow velocity is 0.7 m / s In the last ten kilometers upstream of the mouth, the valley narrows: the width of the river is only 200 meters, the depth increases to up to ten meters.

The main tributaries are, from left Wyja ( Выя ), Jula ( Юла ) and Pokschenga ( Покшенга ), from right Ilescha ( Илеша ) and Jeschuga ( Ежуга ).

The Pinega is crossed twice by the railway Arkhangelsk Karpogory.

The Pinega freezes from late October / early November to late April / early May. She is on a length of 580 kilometers, to the landing Gorka, navigable.