Sudzha (river)

Sudzha
Sudzha River in the summer of 1996
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Native nameСуджа (Russian)
Location
CountryRussia
OblastKursk Oblast
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates51°16′49″N 35°42′26″E / 51.28028°N 35.70722°E / 51.28028; 35.70722
 • elevation> 151 m
MouthPsel
 • coordinates
51°07′51″N 35°16′47″E / 51.13083°N 35.27972°E / 51.13083; 35.27972
 • elevation
< 135 m
Length63 km (39 mi)
Basin size1,102 km2 (425 sq mi)
Basin features
River systemPselDnieperBlack Sea
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The Sudzha (Russian: Суджа) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Psel, which flows through the Bolshesoldatsky and Sudzhansky districts (raions) of Kursk Oblast. It is 63 kilometres (39 mi) long, and the basin area is 1,102 square kilometres (425 sq mi). The river flows for a considerable distance through wetlands with a large number of oxbow lakes.[1][2]

Its tributaries include: Skorodnaya – 22 km, Vorobzha – 28 km, Ivnitsa – 23 km, Loknya – 26 km, Malaya Loknya – 24 km, Smerditsa – 17 km, Rzhava – 9 km, Oleshnya – 12 km, and Konopelka – 16 km.[citation needed]

The biggest settlement on the river is the identically-named town of Sudzha.

  1. ^ "СУДЖА — река" [Kursk Encyclopedia]. Курская энциклопедия (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ^ Донидзе, Г. И., ed. (1999). Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ [Dictionary of names of hydrographic objects of Russia and other CIS member countries] (PDF) (in Russian). Картгеоцентр — Геодезиздат. p. 350. ISBN 5-86066-017-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2024-08-17.