Sheksna River

Church ruin in the pent Scheksna, at the output of the White Lake

Nunnery at the mouth of Scheksna in the Volga near Goritsy

Position of Scheksna ( Шексна ) in the catchment of the Rybinsk Reservoir

The Scheksna (Russian Шексна [ ʃɪksna ] ) is a left tributary of the Volga River in northwestern Russia (Northern Europe).

Description

The river rises in the western Vologda Oblast in the White Sea. South of the Sea, the river divides to Rybinsk Reservoir the course of the Volga - Baltic Canal. In her dam water is taken from the Volga.

The actual and original mouth of the Scheksna into the Volga is located in Rybinsk, the beginning of the last millennium the name Ust- Scheksna ( mouth of the Scheksna of Russian Устье - mouth ) wore. In the thirties and forties of the 20th century, both the Scheksna and the Volga were jammed in Rybinsk above the mouth. Thus, the course of Scheksna be shortened from 395 km to 139 km. The dammed water masses flooded the meadows between two rivers and formed the Rybinsk Reservoir. In the Rybinsk Scheksna but continues to flow to in their original bed of the Volga River below the dam.

The largest city on the Scheksna is located on the north bank of the Rybinsk Reservoir Cherepovets.

The Scheksna is usually frozen from November to late April / early May.

By damming the Scheksna and pollution of formerly very common starlet has become rare.