Volga
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Summary
Volga is a river[1]. Volga ranks in the top 0.081% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,437 views/month, #11 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tver Oblast[3], Moscow Oblast[4], Yaroslavl Oblast[5], Kostroma Oblast[6], Ivanovo Oblast[7], Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[8], Mari El[9], Chuvashia[10], Tatarstan[11], Ulyanovsk Oblast[12], Samara Oblast[13], Saratov Oblast[14], Volgograd Oblast[15], Astrakhan Oblast[16]
- Country: Russia[17]
- Continent: Europe[18]
- Basin country: Russia[19]
- Part of: Unified Deep Water System of European Russia[20]
- Commons category: Volga[21]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Caspian Sea[22], Kama[23]
- Said to be the same as: Rha[24], Rangha[25]
- Origin of the watercourse: Valdai Hills[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Volga River[27]
- Commons gallery: Volga[28]
- Tributary: Vetluga[29], Kama[30], Oka[31], Sura[32], Bezdna[33], Unzha[34], Samara[35], Kazanka[36], Sviyaga[37], Kerzhenets[38], Kostroma[39], Kotorosl[40], Sheksna[41], Mologa[42]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Volga include Volgograd[43], a big city[44], in Russia[45], founded in 1589[46]; Volga–Don Canal[47], a ship canal[48], in Russia[49]; Benko Gambit[50], a chess opening[51]; Volga rice[52]; M7 Volga Federal Highway[53], a controlled-access highway[54], in Russia[55]; Volgadraco[56], a monotypic fossil taxon[57]; Volzhsko-Kamsky Nature Reserve[58], a protected area[59], in Russia[60], founded in 1960[61]; and 1149 Volga[62], an asteroid[63].
Why It Matters
Volga has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Volga is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Volga include Volgograd[43], a big city[44], in Russia[45], founded in 1589[46]; Volga–Don Canal[47], a ship canal[48], in Russia[49]; Benko Gambit[50], a chess opening[51]; Volga rice[52]; M7 Volga Federal Highway[53], a controlled-access highway[54], in Russia[55]; and Volgadraco[56], a monotypic fossil taxon[57].