Tsna River (Moksha basin)

The Zna in Tambov

The Zna in Tambov

Position of Zna ( Цна ) in the southeastern basin of the Oka

The Zna (Russian Цна ) is a left, 451 km long tributary of the Moksha in the European part of Russia.

River

The Zna rises about 15 km north- west of Rschaksa in the southern part of the oblast Tambov. It flows initially in a northerly direction and reaches Tambov, where it is a popular destination. After the confluence of the Tschelnowaja approximately 60 km north of the Tambov Zna describes a wide left turn until shortly before Morshansk. Here she takes on the Kaschma and further flows through the northern area of ​​Tambov Oblast.

Around 20 km south of Shatsk reached the Zna the Ryazan Oblast, the south-east they initially still flows through the north. 10 km to the confluence of the Schatscha she again describes a wide left turn until shortly before Sassowo. After another 20 km, it then flows into the Moksha.

Use

The Zna is navigable for 47 km during the ice-free period from the end of November / early December to late March / early April and is used, among others, air -cushion vehicles for the transport of persons. In the Soviet Union ships sailed to Tambov.

The Zna is a quiet, gentle meandering river with many oxbow lakes, which is used for fishing and as a destination and for rafting.

Below Tambows the Zna is dammed up by several dams for electricity generation.