Shontas - a river in Russia , flows in the Sokolsky , Totemsky and Mezhdurechensky districts of the Vologda region . The mouth of the river is 346 km along the left bank of the Sukhon River . The length of the river is 36 km.
| Shontas | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 36 km |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Sukhona |
| • Location | 346 km on the left bank |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Sukhona → Northern Dvina → White Sea |
| A country |
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| Region | Vologodskaya Oblast |
| Areas | Sokolsky district , Totemsky district , Mezhdurechenskiy district |
| HWR code | |
 - source  - mouth | |
The source is in the Sokolsky district , 75 km northeast of Kadnikov and 75 km southwest of Totma , not far from the source of the Retcha . The main course of the river runs along the Prisukhonskaya lowland in a swampy, wooded area. The channel is meandering. In the upper reaches the river flows through the territory of Sokolsky district, in the lower reaches - Totemsky and Mezhdurechensky, forming a border of the districts over a certain section. The direction of the current is in the upper reaches east, in the middle course - south, in the lower southeast.
Water registry data
According to the state water register of Russia, it belongs to the Dvina-Pechora Basin District , the water sector of the river is the Northern Dvina from the beginning of the river to the confluence of the Vychegda River , without the South and Sukhon rivers (from the source to the Kubensky hydroelectric complex ), and the river sub-basin of the river is Sukhon. The river basin is the Northern Dvina [2] .
According to the geographic information system of water management zoning of the territory of the Russian Federation, prepared by the Federal Agency for Water Resources [2] :
- The code of the water body in the state water registry is 03020100312103000007667
- Hydrological Understanding (GI) Code - 103000766
- Pool code - 02/03/01.003
- GI Volume Number - 03
- GI Issue - 0
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 3. The Northern Territory / ed. N.M. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1965 .-- 612 p.
- ↑ 1 2 State Water Register . Shontas . textual.ru . Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (March 29, 2009). Date of treatment December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.