Moskva River

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Image:Moskva riverfront.jpg Moskva River (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва-река) is a river in the Moscow and partially Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, left tributary of the Oka River. The length of the river is 503 km. The area of its basin is 17,600 sq km. It freezes up in November - December and stays under the ice until late March - April. Its main tributaries are the Ruza, Istra, Yauza, Pakhra, and Severka.

Moscow (Москва́), the capital of Russia, is situated on it, also the river flows via Zvenigorod, Voskresensk, Kolomna, Zhukovsky, Bronnitsy, and Mozhaysk.

Moskva and Moscow are two different transliterations of the same Russian word Москва. The city is named after the river. The origin of the name is unknown, several theories exist [1]. One of the theories is that the name comes from an ancient Finnic language, meaning "dark", "turbid". According to other theories, the name may come from Komi language meaning "cow-river" or from Mordovian language meaning "bear-river".Template:Centre-Russia-geo-stub

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