Vel River (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

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Position of the shaft in the catchment area of the Northern Dvina

The Wel (Russian Вель ) is a left tributary of the Waga in the Arkhangelsk Oblast in northwestern Russia.

The wave has its origins in a swamp area south of the urban-type settlement Konosha. From there it flows in a northeasterly direction, turns later to the southeast. It refers to the two right-hand tributaries Wottschiza and Tawrenga near the village of Bolshaya Gora. Then flows to the northeast. They passed the hamlet Solginski and turns to the northwest and reserves to the confluence with the Podjuga the flow direction at. You now changes direction to north, then east and finally southeast. It flows past the town of Ust- Schonoscha and flows into the city Velsk in the Waga.

The river has a length of 223 km and a catchment area of ​​5390 km ². The average discharge at the level Balamutowskaja 32 km above the mouth is 44 m³ / s (according to other sources, 47.7 m³ / s).