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Volga

[ vol-guh, vohl-; Russian vawl-guh ]

noun

  1. a river flowing from the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation E and then S to the Caspian Sea: the longest river in Europe. 2,325 miles (3,745 km).


Volga

/ ˈvɒlɡə /

noun

  1. a river in W Russia, rising in the Valdai Range and flowing through a chain of small lakes to the Rybinsk Reservoir and south to the Caspian Sea through Volgograd: the longest river in Europe. Length: 3690 km (2293 miles)


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December 2021About 2,300 miles long, the Volga—sometimes referred to as “Mother Volga”—is the longest river in Europe and the biggest by water flow.

The Ivankovskoe Reservoir is both the oldest part of the complex and the farthest upstream, situated almost at the Volga’s headwaters.

Water quality in the Volga, the report found, hasn’t improved substantially over the last three decades.

A prison convoy led the artist to a black Volga car and drove her away from prison in unknown direction.

Hearing that land is cheap along the Volga, he uproots his family and expands his holdings.

"And mind you don't burn it as you did every blessed time last year on the Volga," I added by way of reminder.

He crossed the Volga again and hunted through the quarters on the other side, where the crowd was much less considerable.

The Volga, the Rha of the ancients, the largest river in all Europe, is almost three thousand miles in length.

The Volga forms the trunk of this tree, and it has for roots seventy mouths opening into the Caspian Sea.

Perfectly unnecessary, sir; we already know each other, for we traveled together on the Volga.

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voleVolga River