Melecha River

Melecha; Russian: Мелеча
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
River mouth	Osen
Length	95 km (59 mi) [1]
Basin features
Basin size	1,310 km2 (510 sq mi) [1]

Last updated April 24, 2019

Coordinates: 57°59′39.37″N36°25′02.19″E / 57.9942694°N 36.4172750°E / 57.9942694; 36.4172750

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The Melecha (Russian : Мелеча) is a river in Sandovsky, Molokovsky, and Bezhetsky Districts of Tver Oblast in Russia. Together with the Mogocha River, it forms the Osen, a major right tributary of the Mologa River. It is 95 kilometres (59 mi) long, and the area of its basin is 1,310 square kilometres (510 sq mi). The principal tributary is the Belaya River (left).^[1]

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Sandovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Ustyuzhensky District of Vologda Oblast in the north, Vesyegonsky District in the northeast, Molokovsky District in the southeast, Maksatikhinsky District in the south, Lesnoy District in the west, and with Pestovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,608 square kilometers (621 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Sandovo. Population: 6,811 ; 9,385 (2002 Census); 12,495 (1989 Census). The population of Sandovo accounts for 51.5% of the district's total population.

Molokovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Sandovsky District in the north, Vesyegonsky District in the northeast, Krasnokholmsky District in the east, Bezhetsky District in the south, and with Maksatikhinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,182.6 square kilometers (456.6 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Molokovo. Population: 5,235 ; 7,015 (2002 Census); 8,931 (1989 Census). The population of Molokovo accounts for 44.5% of the district's total population.

The source of the Melecha is located south of the selo of Staroye Sandovo in Sandovsky District. The river flows southwest, reaches Molokovsky District, and turns east forming the border between the districts. Further east, it departs south from the border, turns west, turns south, crosses into Bezhetsky District and joins the Mogocha to form the Osen southwest of the village of Pereuz.

The drainage basin of the Melecha includes the southeastern part of Sandovsky District, the western half of Molokovsky District, the north of Bezhetsky District, as well as minor areas in the south of Vesyegonsky District. The urban-type settlement of Molokovo lies in the drainage basin of the Melecha.

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water. The drainage basin includes all the surface water from rain runoff, snowmelt, and nearby streams that run downslope towards the shared outlet, as well as the groundwater underneath the earth's surface. Drainage basins connect into other drainage basins at lower elevations in a hierarchical pattern, with smaller sub-drainage basins, which in turn drain into another common outlet.

Vesyegonsky District District in Tver Oblast, Russia

Vesyegonsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Cherepovetsky District of Vologda Oblast in the northeast, Breytovsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the southeast, Krasnokholmsky District in the south, Molokovsky District in the southwest, Sandovsky District in the west, and with Ustyuzhensky District of Vologda Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,047 square kilometers (790 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Vesyegonsk. Population: 13,481 ; 16,517 (2002 Census); 19,879 (1989 Census). The population of Vesyegonsk accounts for 54.4% of the district's total population.

Molokovo is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Molokovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: 2,331 (2010 Census); 2,572 (2002 Census); 2,804 (1989 Census).

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References

1 2 3 "Река Мелеча" (in Russian). State Water Register of Russia. Retrieved 5 August 2013.

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[register-1] 1 2 3 "Река Мелеча" (in Russian). State Water Register of Russia. Retrieved 5 August 2013.