Rivers of St. Petersburg
Rivers of our city
The total length of all watercourses in St. Petersburg reaches 282 km, and their water surface makes up about 7% of the total area of the city.
We invite you to get acquainted with the most famous rivers of St. Petersburg. The Neva is, of course, the main waterway of the city.
It flows out of Lake Ladoga and flows into the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. The total length is 74 km, within the city - 32 kilometers. At the mouth, the Neva branches into many large and small branches. The most significant of them are Malaya Neva, Bolshaya, Middle and Malaya Nevka. Okhta is the first tributary of the Neva.
Its length is 90 kilometers, width is from 30 to 40 meters, and its greatest depth is 5 meters. The river is navigable for 8 km from the mouth and is heavily polluted. The name of the area comes from its name. It is believed that “Ohta” is an Izhorian-Finnish word meaning “sunset”, “west”. Some researchers translate the name of the Okhta River as “Bear River”. Fontanka is a river that crosses the central part of St. Petersburg.
The length of the river is 6.7 km, width – up to 70 meters, maximum depth – 3.5 meters. Until 1714 it was called "Nameless Erik". It flows from the Neva and flows into the Bolshaya Neva. The river received the name Fontanka in connection with this. That water was taken from it for the fountains of the Summer Garden. The Moika river is also located in the central part of the city.
It originates in the Fontanka and flows into the Bolshaya Neva. Its length is 4.6 km, its width is up to 40 meters, and its greatest depth is 3.2 meters. Initially, the Moika was called Mya and was a quiet muddy river flowing out of a swamp. There are two possible origins of the name “Moika”. Perhaps it comes from the verb “to wash” or is associated with the public baths that existed on its banks. Karpovka - this winding river separates Petrogradsky and Aptekarsky islands.
It originates from the Bolshaya Nevka and flows into the Malaya. The Finnish name for Karpovka – Korpijoki – means forest or crow river. Length – 3 km. Smolenka - its first name was Myakusha.
Then other names began to be used: Black and Deaf River. In 1864, it was named the Smolensk River after the nearby Smolensk cemetery. Later it acquired its current name. It flows from the Neva Bay to the Gulf of Finland. Length – 3.7 km. This is a small list of the rivers of St. Petersburg, in fact there are many more of them, for example: Okkervil, Zhdanovka, Pryazhka, Spartak, Utka, Glukharka, Kamenka, Izhora, Bolshaya Izhorka, Slavyanka, Murzinka, Monastyrka, Volkovka, Emelyanovka, Dudergofka, Ekateringofka, Ivanovka, Krasnenkaya, Dachnaya, Chernaya Rechka and so on.
We invite you to get acquainted with the most famous rivers of St. Petersburg. The Neva is, of course, the main waterway of the city.
It flows out of Lake Ladoga and flows into the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. The total length is 74 km, within the city - 32 kilometers. At the mouth, the Neva branches into many large and small branches. The most significant of them are Malaya Neva, Bolshaya, Middle and Malaya Nevka. Okhta is the first tributary of the Neva.
Its length is 90 kilometers, width is from 30 to 40 meters, and its greatest depth is 5 meters. The river is navigable for 8 km from the mouth and is heavily polluted. The name of the area comes from its name. It is believed that “Ohta” is an Izhorian-Finnish word meaning “sunset”, “west”. Some researchers translate the name of the Okhta River as “Bear River”. Fontanka is a river that crosses the central part of St. Petersburg.
The length of the river is 6.7 km, width – up to 70 meters, maximum depth – 3.5 meters. Until 1714 it was called "Nameless Erik". It flows from the Neva and flows into the Bolshaya Neva. The river received the name Fontanka in connection with this. That water was taken from it for the fountains of the Summer Garden. The Moika river is also located in the central part of the city.
It originates in the Fontanka and flows into the Bolshaya Neva. Its length is 4.6 km, its width is up to 40 meters, and its greatest depth is 3.2 meters. Initially, the Moika was called Mya and was a quiet muddy river flowing out of a swamp. There are two possible origins of the name “Moika”. Perhaps it comes from the verb “to wash” or is associated with the public baths that existed on its banks. Karpovka - this winding river separates Petrogradsky and Aptekarsky islands.
It originates from the Bolshaya Nevka and flows into the Malaya. The Finnish name for Karpovka – Korpijoki – means forest or crow river. Length – 3 km. Smolenka - its first name was Myakusha.
Then other names began to be used: Black and Deaf River. In 1864, it was named the Smolensk River after the nearby Smolensk cemetery. Later it acquired its current name. It flows from the Neva Bay to the Gulf of Finland. Length – 3.7 km. This is a small list of the rivers of St. Petersburg, in fact there are many more of them, for example: Okkervil, Zhdanovka, Pryazhka, Spartak, Utka, Glukharka, Kamenka, Izhora, Bolshaya Izhorka, Slavyanka, Murzinka, Monastyrka, Volkovka, Emelyanovka, Dudergofka, Ekateringofka, Ivanovka, Krasnenkaya, Dachnaya, Chernaya Rechka and so on.