Volga River

E9405

geographical feature river

The Volga River is the longest river in Europe, flowing through central Russia to the Caspian Sea and serving as a vital waterway for transport, industry, and culture.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Volga River basin	5
Volga	2
Volga River system	2
Volga River area	1
Volga River near Volgograd	1
Volga River region	1
Volga River shipping route	1
Volga River waterway	1
Volga River waterway system	1
Volga basin	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
basinCountry	Russia ⓘ
climateZone	continental climate ⓘ
connectedByCanalTo	Baltic Sea ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Sea of Azov ⓘ White Sea ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	featured in Russian literature and music ⓘ symbol of Russian national identity ⓘ
deltaLocation	Caspian Sea ⓘ surface form: northern Caspian Sea
drainageArea	about 1,360,000 km² ⓘ
drainageBasin	Volga River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Volga basin
economicUse	hydroelectric power ⓘ industrial water supply ⓘ irrigation ⓘ transportation ⓘ
flowsInto	Caspian Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough	Astrakhan Oblast ⓘ Chuvash Republic ⓘ Kostroma Oblast ⓘ Mari El Republic ⓘ Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ⓘ Samara Oblast ⓘ Saratov Oblast ⓘ Tatarstan ⓘ Tver Oblast ⓘ Ulyanovsk Oblast ⓘ Volgograd Oblast ⓘ Yaroslavl Oblast ⓘ
freezesInWinter	yes ⓘ
hasBasinPopulation	over 50 million people ⓘ
hasPart	Volga Delta ⓘ
historicalUse	route between Europe and Central Asia ⓘ trade route ⓘ
length	about 2,193 miles ⓘ about 3,530 km ⓘ
locatedIn	European Russia ⓘ
majorReservoir	Gorky Reservoir ⓘ Ivankovo Reservoir ⓘ Gorky Reservoir ⓘ surface form: Kuybyshev Reservoir Rybinsk Reservoir ⓘ Saratov Reservoir ⓘ Volgograd Reservoir ⓘ
majorTributary	Kama River ⓘ Oka River ⓘ Samara River ⓘ Sura River ⓘ Tsimlyansky Reservoir via Don–Volga canal system ⓘ Vetluga River ⓘ
mouth	Caspian Sea ⓘ
notableFeature	longest river in Europe ⓘ
passesCity	Astrakhan Oblast ⓘ surface form: Astrakhan Kazan ⓘ Kostroma ⓘ Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ Samara ⓘ Saratov ⓘ Tver ⓘ Ulyanovsk Oblast ⓘ surface form: Ulyanovsk Volgograd ⓘ Yaroslavl ⓘ
region	Volga region ⓘ
sourceCountry	Russia ⓘ
sourceLocation	Valdai Hills ⓘ
sourceRegion	Tver Oblast ⓘ
usedFor	river cruise tourism ⓘ
waterwayType	navigable river ⓘ

Referenced by (96)

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

city of Ulyanovsk named after his family → locatedOnRiver → Volga River ⓘ

subject surface form: Ulyanovsk

Volgograd → locatedOnRiver → Volga River ⓘ

Volgograd Reservoir → locatedOnRiver → Volga River ⓘ

Volgograd State University → locatedOnRiver → Volga River ⓘ

Yaroslavl → locatedOnRiver → Volga River ⓘ

Yaroslavl Oblast → locatedOnRiver → Volga River ⓘ

Volgograd → locatedOnTransportRoute → Volga River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volga River shipping route

Central Embankment of the Volga → locatedOnWaterbody → Volga River ⓘ

Case Blue → location → Volga River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volga River region

Soviet Stalingrad Front → locationOfOperations → Volga River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volga River area

Saratov Oblast → majorRiver → Volga River ⓘ

Volga region → majorRiver → Volga River ⓘ

Oka River → mouth → Volga River ⓘ

Vetluga River → mouth → Volga River ⓘ

Kama River → mouthLocation → Volga River ⓘ

Samara River → mouthOfWaterBody → Volga River ⓘ

Sura River → mouthOfWatercourse → Volga River ⓘ

Volga Federal District → namedAfter → Volga River ⓘ

Volga region → namedAfter → Volga River ⓘ

Volgograd → namedAfter → Volga River ⓘ

Volgograd Arena → nearbyWaterBody → Volga River ⓘ

Gorky Reservoir → outflow → Volga River ⓘ

Ivankovo Reservoir → outflow → Volga River ⓘ

Rybinsk Reservoir → outflow → Volga River ⓘ

Saratov Reservoir → outflow → Volga River ⓘ

Volgograd Reservoir → outflow → Volga River ⓘ

Rybinsk Reservoir → partOf → Volga River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volga River system

Samara River → partOf → Volga River ⓘ