Izhora
The length of the Izhora is 76 kilometres (47 mi), and the area of its drainage basin is 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi). The river draws its water mainly from natural groundwater springs, snow melt, and rain water. The river has a sustainable underground water supply in both summer and winter, never drying up or freezing through.
The source of the Izhora is located on the Izhora Plateau at the village of Skvoritsy, northwest of the town of Gatchina. The Izhora flows to the east, passes at the northern outskirts of Gatchina, and east of Kommunar enters Tosnensky District. There, for a short stretch it makes the border between Saint Petersburg (north) and Leningrad Oblast (south), returns to the oblast and gradually turns north. In Kolpino, the Izhora enters the federal city of Saint Petersburg. There, it flow north and joins the Neva in the settlement of Ust-Izhora.
The drainage basin of the Izhora includes the northern parts of Gatchinsky and Tosnensky Districts, as well as some areas within Saint Petersburg.
References
- ^ Река Ижора (in Russian). State Water Register of Russia. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ Tsvetkova, Olga; Kalinina, Olga; Antipova, Olga; Levykh, Elena; Veselova, Natalya (1998). "Kompleksnoye ekologicheskoye issledovaniye reki Izhory" Комплексное экологическое исследование реки Ижоры [Comprehensive ecological study of the Izhora River] (in Russian).