Tulgas River

Tulgas
Russian: Тулгас
Country Russia
Basin
River mouth 406 km up from the Dvina Bay
Physical characteristics
Length 29 km (18 mi)

Tulgas is a river in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Northern Dvina.[1]

Geography

The river starts in swampy highlands south of the settlement of Rochegda (ru:Рочегда) and flows through swampy and hilly taiga.[2]

The river gave name to the area around it (Tulgas) and to some historical administrative subdivisiona of Russia. The following villages are by the river: Maslovskaya (Масловская), Stepanovskaya (Степановская) and Nironovskaya (Нироновская).[2]

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