Pinega
Pinega is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 63.92°, 44.56°
About Pinega
The Pinega (Пинега) is a river in Verkhnetoyemsky, Pinezhsky, and Kholmogorsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina. It is 779 kilometres (484 mi) long, and the area of its basin 42,600 square kilometres (16,400 sq mi). Its main tributaries are the Ilesha, the Vyya, the Yula, the Pokshenga, and the Yozhuga.
The Pinega is the main waterway of the Pinezhsky District, with many of the settlements in the district located on the river banks. The river basin includes the north-western part of the Krasnoborsky District, the eastern part of the Verkhnetoyemsky District, the eastern part of the Vinogradovsky District, the major part of the Pinezhsky District, the eastern part of the Kholmogorsky District, and minor areas in the Leshukonsky District and in the Udorsky District of the Komi Republic. The Pinega flows in the hilly landscape, on the western border of the Timan Ridge, in the coniferous forest (taiga). It freezes up in mid October or early November and stays under the ice until mid April or early May.
The etymology of the name Pinega is unclear.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Pinega (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Pinega in Depth
History
The area was populated by Finnic peoples and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. In the 13th century the Novgorod merchants already reached the White Sea. The Pinega was used by Novgorod merchants as the source of fur and also as the trading route to the basin of the Pechora River.
From the Northern Dvina, there were a number of ways into the basin of the Mezen (from where the merchants could get to the basin of the Pechora and the Ob). Two options included going upstream the Pinega and taking the boats by land to the Kuloy and to the Mezen, or using the Pukshenga and the Pokshenga to get to the Pinega, and then from the Yozhuga taking boats by land to the Zyryanskaya Yezhuga and the Vashka.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Pinega (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Pinega: Key Facts
| Length | 779 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 430 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 42,000 km² |
| Mouth | Northern Dvina |
| Tributaries | Vyya, Yula, Pokshenga, Ilesha, Yozhuga, Shuyga, Verkhnyaya Sharda, Chusa |
Facts from Wikidata Q8212 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Pinega: Quick Answers
- Where is Pinega?
- Pinega is located in Russia, at 63.9246° N, 44.5632° E.
- Are there dams on the Pinega?
- No dam on the Pinega is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.