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The Volga (Russian: Волга, Tatar Cyrillic: Идел, Latin: İel) is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through the western part of Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. In fact, eleven out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, including its capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga basin. Some of the largest reservoirs in the world can be found along the Volga.

Trivia about volga

  • In antiquity this "mother" river of Russia was known as the Rha or Oaros
  • The longest river in Europe, it's noted for its boatmen
  • Consumed with guilt over her affair with Boris, the heroine of "Katya Kabanova" drowns herself in this Russian river
  • Its boatmen know of its origin in the Valdai Hills in Russia
  • At the point where it enters the Caspian Sea, this Russian river is 92 feet below sea level
  • Important Russian cities on this longest Russian river include Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan & Samara
  • Flowing nearly 2,200 miles, this longest river of Europe begins in the Valdai Hills of Russia
  • In 1937 this Russian river's first hydroelectric project was completed at Ivankovo
  • This longest river in Europe enters the Caspian by way of Astrakhan
  • The famed boatmen of this Russian river once pulled their barges from the river's banks
  • This 2,194-mile river is 748 feet above sea level at its source, 92 feet below sea level at its mouth
  • In ancient times, this "mother" river of Russia was known as the Rha
  • A small chapel in a village northwest of Moscow marks the source of this 2,000-mile-long river
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Beginning northwest of Moscow and flowing 2,300 miles to the Caspian Sea, this river is the longest in Europe
  • About 60% of this "mother" river of Russia's water flow is from snow; the rest is from groundwater & rain
  • Major ports on this river include Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod & Rybinsk
  • Canals connect this 2200-mile long river to the Baltic, Black & White Seas & to Moscow
  • This river flows over 2,200 miles from the Valdai Hills NW of Moscow to the Caspian Sea
  • Yaroslavl &Togliatti
  • The city of Kazan is on this river where it joins the Kazanka
  • Rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia, this is Europe's longest river
  • The basin of this river that empties into the Caspian Sea contains almost half of the Russian Republic's population

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