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It rises about 140 km (90 mi) west of Moscow, and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through central Moscow. About 110 km (70 mi) south east of Moscow, at the city of Kolomna, it flows into the Oka, itself a tributary of the Volga, which ultimately flows into the Caspian Sea. Finno-Ugric Merya and Muroma people, who originally inhabited the area, called the river Mustajoki, in English: Black river. It has been suggested that the name of the city derives from this term, 2 although several theories exist. ![]() The maximum depth is 3 metres (9.8 ft) above Moscow city limits, and up to 6 metres (20 ft) below it. Normally, it freezes in NovemberDecember and begins to thaw around late March. In Moscow, the river freezes occasionally; contradictory during an unusually warm winter in 20062007, ice began melting on January 25. The absolute water level in downtown Moscow is 120 metres (390 ft) above sea level (long-term average of summer lows after World War II ); a historical maximum of 127.25 metres (417.5 ft) above sea level was set by the 1908 flood. Since completion of the Moscow Canal (19321937), the Moskva River has also collected a share of Upper Volga water. This has enabled reliable commercial shipping, which was previously interrupted by summer droughts (older dams built in 1785, 1836 and 1878 were not effective). The average discharge, including Volga waters, varies from 38 m 3 s (1,300 cu fts) near Zvenigorod to 250 m 3 s (8,800 cu fts) at the Oka inlet. The speed of the current, depending on the season, varies from 0.1 ms (0.33 fts) (winter, dams closed) to 1.52.0 ms (4.96.6 fts) (May, dams open). The river also flows through the towns of Mozhaysk, Zvenigorod, Zhukovsky, Bronnitsy, Voskresensk, and at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Kolomna. As of 2007, there are 49 bridges across the Moskva River and its canals within Moscow city limits; the first stone bridge, Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge, was erected in 1692. Within the city, the river is 120200 metres (390660 ft) wide, the narrowest point being under the Kremlin walls. Drinking water for the city of Moscow is collected from five stations on the Moskva River and from the Upper Volga reservoirs (north and north-west of the city). The island was formed by the construction of the Vodootvodny Canal in the 1780s, and has no official name in Russian. Moscow residents informally call it Bolotny Ostrov (Bog Island) while members of Moscows English-speaking community refer to it as Balchug. Ot Rusi do Rossii. OLMA Media Grupp. OCLC 891462599. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link ). Ruotsin itmaa. Helsinki: Svenska litteratursllskapet i Finland. ISBN 978-951-583-212-2. Moscow, Russia: Gudok.ru. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
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