• 2.2 Reservoirs (downstream to upstream). 2.3 Biggest cities on the shores of the Volga. ... The source of the Volga lies in the village of Volgoverkhov'e in Tver Oblast.
  • The Volga River is over 3,500 kilometers long is the longest river in Europe. The source is a spring near the Volgoverkhovye village in the Ostashkovsky district of...
  • Well-maintained wooden bridge arranged over a swampy area leads to the spring. The source of the Volga is protected as a natural monument.
  • The Volga River freezes, the source and mouth of which are covered with ice almost simultaneously, in October-November, and in March-April it begins to thaw.
  • The climate of the Volga basin changes significantly from north to south. From its source to the Kama confluence , it lies within a temperate climatic zone...
  • Its banks are now gentle and low, now steep and high. Since the end of the 30s of the last century, the Volga began to be actively used as a source of hydropower.
  • The source of the Volga River. ... The source of the great river is located at an altitude of about 230 m above sea level from the south-west of the village.
  • It covers much of the Volga region and stretches 3,530 kilometers from its source in the Valdai Hills to the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland water body.
  • The stone church on the source of the Volga is still very beautiful. ... The head of the Russian Orthodox Church could not help but visit the source of the Volga.