Kudma
On the Kudma at Zelyony Gorod
Native nameКудьма (Russian)
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthVolga
 • coordinates
56°03′34″N 44°32′20″E / 56.0594°N 44.5389°E / 56.0594; 44.5389
Length144 km (89 mi)
Basin size3,220 km2 (1,240 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionVolga→ Caspian Sea

The Kudma (Russian: Кудьма, Kud'ma) is a river in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of Russia, a right tributary of the Volga.[1] It is 144 kilometres (89 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 3,220 square kilometres (1,240 sq mi).[2]

The Kudma rises in the south of Bogorodsk District, and flows first northward, then eastward, through Bogorodsk and Kstovo Districts, finally falling into the Volga near Leninskaya Sloboda and Kadnitsy. In Kstovo District, the Kudma forms the southern border of the Zelyony Gorod natural area, and then flows in the valley between the city of Kstovo (to the north) and Kstovo's industrial area to the south. Upstream of Kstovo, the river's waters are quite clean and transparent, and its shores attract many swimmers and sunbathers in the summertime.

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References

  1. ↑ Prokhorov, A. M., ed. (1970–1979). The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3 ed.).
  2. ↑ «Река КУДЬМА», Russian State Water Registry


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