Svir river flows through the north-eastern part of the Leningrad region near the border with the Republic of Karelia.It is part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway.
Description waterbody
Svir River Leningrad region carries its water from Lake Onega (near the village of Ascension) from east to south-west.After 33 km it flows into the spill Iwinski, and then past the town and village Sviritsa Svirstroy - Lake Ladoga.On the river hydrological built two distribution unit - Nizhnesvirsky and Verhnesvirsky.They divide the water body into three sections: Upper Svir (its length is 95 km), the average Svir (45 km) and the Lower Svir (80 km).
Localities
Svir River flows through three districts, on its banks lies a lot of cities, towns and villages.For example, in the area of Podporozhsky her neighbor Ascension Yannavalok, Nimpelda, Krasny Bor, Vyazostrov, Gakruchey, Doppler, Plotichno, Ostrechino, Pidma, Myatusovo, Upper Mandrogi, Podporozhye, Uslanka and Hevronino;in Leningrad region - Svirstroy, Harevschina, Brooks Hill, Lodeynoye Pole, Gnilnoe Konev and Lower Shotuksa;in Volkhov area - Sviritsa and Bird Island.
main tributaries into the mainstream
water body falls more than 30 rivers, the most important and largest are Pasha Vazhinka, Oyat, Ivin and Yandeba.Some of them navigable.Left tributaries - Yanruchey, Kuzra, Toiba, Meldusa, Svyatukha, Kiselyovka, mayhem, Yandeba, Pehtega, Yanega, Mungan, Pudanka, Kanomka, Shamoksha, Zaostrovka, Shakshozerka, Shotkusa, Ojat and Pasha.Right tributaries - Shavreka, Muromlya, Pidemka, Pidma, Ivin, Uslanka, Mandrogi, Segezha, Tenzeya, Negezhma, ore Vazhinka, Irvinka, Syarba, Ostrechinka, Korelka and Fox.
The relief, soil and vegetation
Svir River (photos presented in this article will help the reader to understand the beauty of it) occurs mainly in the lowlands, which were located in the deep past glacial waters.The lower part of this water body is at the Ladoga Lowland.The riverbed asymmetrically: its left tributaries substantially prevail over the rights.Soils surrounding areas mainly clay and marshy in places sandy and rocky part.The river banks almost everywhere overgrown with shrubs and forest, and sometimes there is meadow vegetation.
hydrological regime
Svir River has a length of 224 km.Its height at the source is 35 m, at the mouth - 4.84 m. Water consumption - 785 m3 / s.Width throughout varies from 100 meters up to 10-12 kilometers (Iwinski spill).The water of the river throughout the year at regular intervals.About 80 percent of the watershed falls on Lake Onega.The soil consists mainly of stone and clay, in some places - of sand and silt.Many places on the Svir with a predominance of rocky bottom.In the middle of this water body used to be rapids, but after the construction of the cascade power stations were flooded.Now, all over the bed created deep way.
Ice on the Svir rises depending on the weather conditions for a period of 3-6 months.The stages of its formation and opening on different sites due to the individual characteristics of flow varied.First ice formed in November and December, and melts in April and May.In warm years, as well as in areas with strong currents, continuous cover can not be formed.
Svir River: Fishing
This body of water is a paradise for lovers of fishing.It is home to salmon, bream, chub, grayling, pike, minnow, ide, perch, roach, catfish, eel and many other species.All year round on the river catching whitefish is prohibited, while other types are allowed to fish only in the vicinity of settlements.Fans of hunting salmon species should be aware that fishing is permitted:
- from the mouth to the restricted area of the Lower pyatisotmetrovoy HPP.The bottom and float fishing tackle - without time limits.Fishing Spinning prohibited from October to November and mid-May to mid-June.
- Throughout the Svir, except for restricted areas of dams and bridges - ice fishing burbot two odnogorlovymi trammel (length should not exceed two meters, and the diameter of the hoop - half a meter).
- Lower hydroelectric dams above and beyond the entire line.Fishing tackle just float with no more than ten hooks without time limits.
- From the mouth to the. Alekhovschina.Fishing is permitted on float tackle without limitation the timing and place.Zherlitsy - no more than five units in each fisherman with ice melting and before the first of June.
Tourism and Recreation
river Svir (Map Leningrad region will help to determine the route to any interested person) is interesting not only fishing, but also for its attractions.For example, in the lower reaches of the water body is located Nizhnesvirsky Reserve.In addition, the Svir River and is known for its Storozhenskiy Light.In summer and autumn are very active shipping: passenger and freight transportation.On tributaries Pasha and Oyat going timber rafting.
river Svir history
Svir is the third after the famous river Neva and Volkhov in the northwestern part of Russia.Through it pass all cruises in the village of Kizhi and Mandrogi.In pre-Petrine times Svir was not a major trade and transport hub, but its role has increased markedly since the beginning of the Northern War.One of the most important and famous communities of that era was the village Sunday.It is located right next to the source of the river, where it flows out of Lake Onega.His beautiful name of the village is obliged to Ascension Monastery, built here in the fifteenth century.He lasted three hundred years.Not far from the monastery there is a small fishing village - Svirsky Mouth.In 1810 it was launched Mariinsky channels, resulting in the village has grown to the level of a large village, and was renamed the Ascension.It came with a large lake vessels are in port with goods redistributed in the medium and small water craft, which transported them to the cities of the river.Both banks were lined with docks, unloading platforms, rows of warehouses and barns.By the end of the nineteenth century with the development of shipping there appeared repair yard.Since the beginning of the Civil War the village that bears the name of the then Namoynye Sands, it was able to take the division patrol ships, as well as provide them with preventive checking the technical condition and carry out the necessary repairs.Today, this town is not called an important and major port.However, the repair station is still here.Since the beginning of the construction of the Upper Svirsky reservoir small and large settlements on Sunday before Podporozhie moved away from the coast, t. To. They fell into the flood zone.We do not touch only those that are located on the top of a mountain ridge.
Eyes traveler
Passing the village of Krasny Bor, Svir river divides into several branches, encircle the small, low island.The largest of them, up to five kilometers, has a beautiful name Ivankoostrov.Ships of always passing around it on the left side, to paint the rocky shores.Next Svir expands and passes on both sides of the next island - Vyazostrov.Behind him water again merge into a common stream.Then the river narrows considerably, and the image of the "throat".But for him to be selected Svir expanses Ivenskogo spill.Here the width of the river is 12 kilometers.Previously, it was a lake basin formed back in the Ice Age.Passing the spill, the river narrows again and flows almost perfect straight line.It is located on the right bank of the quarry Rivne, famous for its dark red quartzite.Then the river turns sharply to the southwest and then flows in a straight line, passing the village Plotichno known ancient forest fishing.Ends Svir its way into the waters of Lake Ladoga.
