River Moscow

The Moscow River (since the XIX century – Moskvareka) is a middle river located in the Moscow and Smolensk regions, as well as in Central Russia. The river is the left tributary of the Oka.

The length of the river is 502 kilometers, and the area of the river basin is 17,600 square kilometers. The river begins on the city high ground. The river’s food is diverse: snow – 61%, rain – 12% and ground – 27%. The freezing of the river begins in November - December, and the autopsy - from March to April. At this time, you should be careful, since the ice is unstable due to the discharge of warm waters in Moscow. The waters of the river are actively used for the water supply of the city.

The main tributaries of the river are on the right - Severka, Pakhra, on the left - Yauza, Istra, Ruza. River flow is regulated by dams (at Rublev and Petrovo-Dalnego) and reservoirs (Mozhaisky, Ruzsky, Ozerninsky). For navigation within the city of Moscow, Perervinskaya and Karamyshevskaya dams were created, and below - the names of Trudkommun, Sofya, Severskaya, Faustovskaya and Andreevskaya (dams with locks).