According to the Max Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary, the origin of the name of the river is unclear, but it may originate from a Finnic language meaning "a woodpecker" or more specific "a spotted woodpecker".[3] The urban-type settlement of Sheksna and Sheksninsky District are named after the river.
The source of the Sheksna is in the southeastern end of Lake Beloye. The river flows south and subsequently turns east. It joins the northern part of the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga near the city of Cherepovets. Cherepovets, as well as the urban-type settlement of Sheksna, are located on the Sheksna.
Most of the present course of the river was accommodated as the Sheksna Reservoir, with the dam constructed in Sheksna. Previously, the length of the Sheksna was some 400 kilometers (250 mi), and the mouth of the river was located in the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast. The part of the river between Cherepovets and Rybinsk disappeared when the Rybinsk Reservoir was constructed between 1935 and 1947. Currently, the only natural stretch of the course of the Sheksna is located between the urban-type settlement of Sheksna and the city of Cherepovets.
The river basin of the Sheksna comprises vast areas in the west and in the northwest of Vologda Oblast, including parts of Vytegorsky, Vashkinsky, Kirillovsky, Belozersky, Sheksninsky, and Cherepovetsky Districts, as well as minor areas in Kargopolsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast. This area includes the towns of Kirillov and Belozersk, as well as the urban-type settlement of Chyobsara and the selo of Lipin Bor, the administrative center of Vashkinsky District.
^Фасмер, Макс. Этимологический словарь Фасмера (in Russian). p. 686.
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Река Шексна (in Russian). State Water Register of Russia. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
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sheksna, other, uses, disambiguation, russian, Шексна, river, belozersky, kirillovsky, sheksninsky, cherepovetsky, districts, vologda, oblast, russia, left, tributary, volga, kilometres, long, area, basin, square, kilometres, principal, tributaries, sizma, lef. For other uses see Sheksna disambiguation The Sheksna Russian Sheksna is a river in Belozersky Kirillovsky Sheksninsky and Cherepovetsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia It is a left tributary of the Volga It is 139 kilometres 86 mi long and the area of its basin 19 000 square kilometres 7 300 sq mi 1 2 The principal tributaries of the Sheksna are the Sizma left and the Kovzha right SheksnaGoritsky Monastery by the riverMap of the Rybinsk Reservoir basin The Sheksna is shown on the mapLocationCountryRussiaPhysical characteristicsSourceLake Beloye coordinates60 04 N 38 00 E 60 067 N 38 000 E 60 067 38 000 elevation120 m 390 ft MouthRybinsk Reservoir coordinates59 05 11 N 37 45 45 E 59 0863 N 37 7624 E 59 0863 37 7624 Coordinates 59 05 11 N 37 45 45 E 59 0863 N 37 7624 E 59 0863 37 7624Length139 km 86 mi 1 Basin size19 000 km2 7 300 sq mi 1 Discharge average172 cubic metres per second 6 100 cu ft s 1 Basin featuresProgressionRybinsk Reservoir Volga Caspian SeaAccording to the Max Vasmer s Etymological Dictionary the origin of the name of the river is unclear but it may originate from a Finnic language meaning a woodpecker or more specific a spotted woodpecker 3 The urban type settlement of Sheksna and Sheksninsky District are named after the river The source of the Sheksna is in the southeastern end of Lake Beloye The river flows south and subsequently turns east It joins the northern part of the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga near the city of Cherepovets Cherepovets as well as the urban type settlement of Sheksna are located on the Sheksna Most of the present course of the river was accommodated as the Sheksna Reservoir with the dam constructed in Sheksna Previously the length of the Sheksna was some 400 kilometers 250 mi and the mouth of the river was located in the city of Rybinsk Yaroslavl Oblast The part of the river between Cherepovets and Rybinsk disappeared when the Rybinsk Reservoir was constructed between 1935 and 1947 Currently the only natural stretch of the course of the Sheksna is located between the urban type settlement of Sheksna and the city of Cherepovets The river basin of the Sheksna comprises vast areas in the west and in the northwest of Vologda Oblast including parts of Vytegorsky Vashkinsky Kirillovsky Belozersky Sheksninsky and Cherepovetsky Districts as well as minor areas in Kargopolsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast This area includes the towns of Kirillov and Belozersk as well as the urban type settlement of Chyobsara and the selo of Lipin Bor the administrative center of Vashkinsky District The Sheksna is a part of the Volga Baltic Waterway and is used for both cruise and cargo traffic Both the Northern Dvina Canal which connects the basins of the Volga and the Northern Dvina via Lake Kubenskoye and the Belozersky Canal bypassing Lake Beloye connect to the Sheksna References Edit a b c d Sheksna reka v Vologodskoj obl Great Soviet Encyclopedia Reka Sheksna Russian State Water Registry Fasmer Maks Etimologicheskij slovar Fasmera in Russian p 686 External links Edit Media related to Sheksna River at Wikimedia Commons Reka Sheksna in Russian State Water Register of Russia Retrieved 25 November 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sheksna amp oldid 1079345552, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
