Pokshenga River

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Position of Pokschenga (English Pokshenga ) in the catchment area of the Northern Dvina

The Pokschenga (Russian Покшеньга, Покшенга ) is a left tributary of the Pinega in the Arkhangelsk Oblast in northwestern Russia.

It has its source which runs on a ridge between the rivers of Northern Dvina and Pinega. It first flows in a northerly direction, then in an easterly direction. After 170 km, it reaches the Pinega. The Pokschenga drains an area of 4960 km ². It is mainly fed by snowmelt. The average discharge 25 km above the mouth is 44 m³ / s Between the end of October / early November and late April / early May, it is covered by a layer of ice.

Main tributaries of the Ochtoma Pokschenga from left and from the right Schetogorka that Pilmenga and Schilmuscha.

Until the 1990s, the river was used for rafts.