Moskva River

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river waterway

The Moskva River is a major waterway in western Russia that flows through and gives its name to the capital city, Moscow.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Moscow River	3
Moskva River bend	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ waterway ⓘ
basinArea	approximately 17,600 square kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry	Russia ⓘ
climateZone	humid continental climate region ⓘ
connectedByCanal	Moscow Canal ⓘ
connectedTo	Volga River ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
crossesCity	Moscow ⓘ
etymology	name related to the city of Moscow ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally east and southeast ⓘ
flowsThrough	Kaluga Oblast ⓘ Moscow ⓘ Moscow Oblast ⓘ Smolensk Oblast ⓘ
freezesIn	winter ⓘ
givesNameTo	Moscow ⓘ
hasBridge	Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge ⓘ Krymsky Bridge ⓘ
hasIsland	Balchug Island ⓘ
hasPort	river ports in Moscow ⓘ
hasReservoir	Mozhaysk Reservoir ⓘ Ruza Reservoir ⓘ
hasTributary	Istra River ⓘ Klyazma River ⓘ Pakhra River ⓘ Ruza River ⓘ Setun River ⓘ Yauza River ⓘ
length	approximately 503 km ⓘ
locatedIn	European Russia ⓘ surface form: Western Russia
mouth	Oka River ⓘ
mouthLocation	near Kolomna ⓘ
navigableSection	through Moscow and downstream toward Oka River ⓘ
partOf	Moscow Oblast ⓘ surface form: Moscow metropolitan area
passesLandmark	Kremlin ⓘ Red Square vicinity ⓘ
riverSystem	Volga region ⓘ surface form: Volga basin
significance	important for Moscow’s historical development ⓘ major transport artery of Moscow ⓘ
sourceLocation	Smolensk–Moscow Upland ⓘ
sourceRegion	Moscow Oblast ⓘ Smolensk Oblast ⓘ
tributaryOf	Oka River ⓘ
usedFor	navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ waterSupply ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Novodevichy Cemetery → adjacentTo → Moskva River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow River

Moscow Canal → connects → Moskva River ⓘ

Sparrow Hills campus → hasViewOf → Moskva River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moskva River bend

Borovitskaya Tower → locatedNear → Moskva River ⓘ

Red Square → locatedNear → Moskva River ⓘ

Novo-Ogaryovo → locatedOn → Moskva River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow River

Zhukovsky → locatedOn → Moskva River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow River

Moscow → locatedOnRiver → Moskva River ⓘ

White House, Moscow → locatedOnRiver → Moskva River ⓘ

Moscow Oblast → majorRiver → Moskva River ⓘ

Oka River → majorTributary → Moskva River ⓘ

Moscow → namedAfter → Moskva River ⓘ

Borovitskaya Tower → overlooks → Moskva River ⓘ

Sparrow Hills campus → overlooks → Moskva River ⓘ