River
Pinega
779 km from source to mouth · Russia.
RussiaFlows into Northern Dvina
In numbers
Length
779km
Average flow
430m³/s
Basin
42,000km²
Drop
424m
from 135 m to -289 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
779 km of river and 27 stops on the way: 0 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 135 m
- 17 kmPuzmachtributary
- 35 kmShirovatributary
- 72 kmOkhtomatributary
- 104 kmLokhomatributary
- 120 kmIleshatributary
- 182 kmVyyatributary
- 207 kmShochatributary
- 216 kmKhornemskayatributary
- 250 kmPyshentsatributary
- 295 kmPyulatributary
- 327 kmNyukhchatributary
- 361 kmYavzoratributary
- 368 kmSyamzhengatributary
- 395 kmKhorsatributary
- 401 kmNelmengatributary
- 411 kmYulatributary
- 415 kmNizhnyaya Shardatributary
- 424 kmVerkhnyaya Shardatributary
- 440 kmVardatributary
- 452 kmPokshengatributary
- 534 kmYozhugatributary
- 632 kmSoyalkatributary
- 658 kmSeverny Gbachtributary
- 686 kmChuplegatributary
- 700 kmChugatributary
- 700 kmUgzengatributary
- 743 kmPalengatributary
- 779 kmNorthern Dvinaat -289 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
At the mouth it carries 430 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 5.8 seconds. It drops from 135 m to -289 m, 0.5 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 42,000 km², about the size of NL. 39,000 people live in it. Highest water, with the snowmelt: from May to July; lowest: from January to April. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- KholmogoryLargest city on its banks · 4,417 people
- Talagi Airport (ARH)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 61 km from the city
- On the water23 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From July to AugustThe best months to visit
Pinega, month by month
Highest water: from May to July
Lowest water: from January to April. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from November to March. Melting snow makes up much of its water. Best months to visit: from July to August.
From about 120 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,200 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Pinega: the basin in numbers
41,004 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 39,000people live in the basin
- 1/km²people per km²
- 123maverage altitude of the basin
- 575mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 0.0°Caverage air temperature
- 2%protected areas
- 0.2%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 89% Forest
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Pinega: what you find on the way
- 1Boat ramps
- 22Ferry piers
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.2 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Pinega in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Northern DvinaRussia744 km3,500 m³/sTributaries (79)
Also: Ilesha, Vyya, Yula, Yozhuga, Pokshenga, Chuplega, Nyukhcha, Yavzora, Pyula, Mysovaya, Palenga, Chuga, Soyalka, Nelmenga, Puzmach, Pyshentsa, Khornemskaya, Rudukha, Ugzenga, Severny Gbach, Nizhnyaya Sharda, Nizhnyaya Pocha, Ulesha, Shirova
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q8212) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
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