Vel (Vaga)
title: "Vel (Vaga)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-arkhangelsk-oblast"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-arkhangelsk-oblast" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vel_(Vaga)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vel |
| image | Река_Вель.JPG |
| image_size | |
| image_caption | View of the bridge across The Vel River in Velsk |
| mouth_location | Velsk |
| mouth | Vaga |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| progression | |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia |
| length_km | 223 |
| length_ref | |
| discharge1_avg | 47.7 m3/s |
| basin_size_km2 | 5390 |
| basin_size_ref | |
| :: |
| name = Vel | image = Река_Вель.JPG | image_size = | image_caption = View of the bridge across The Vel River in Velsk | source1_location = | mouth_location = Velsk | mouth = Vaga | mouth_coordinates = | progression = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia | length_km = 223 | length_ref = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = 47.7 m3/s | basin_size_km2 = 5390 | basin_size_ref = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Severnaya_Dvina_eng.svg" caption="The Northern Dvina River basin"] ::
The Vel () is a river in Konoshsky and Velsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Vaga. It is 223 km long, and the area of its basin 5390 km2. Its average discharge (measured at the village of Balamutovskaya, about a dozen kilometers upstream from the mouth of the Vel) is 47.7 m3/s. Its main tributaries are the Podyuga and the Shonosha (both left).
The Vel has its sources in the bogs south of the urban-type settlement of Konosha. It flows north-east, then turns south-east, and around the village of Bolshaya Gora it accepts two right tributaries, the Votchitsa and the Tavrenga, and turns north-east. It enters Velsky District, and behind the settlement of Solginsky sharply turns north-west, until the confluence with the Podyuga. From this point, the Vel flows north, accepts the Shonosha in the selo of Ust-Shonosha, and turns east. In the selo of Shunems it turns south-east. The town of Velsk is situated at confluence of the Vel with the Vaga.
The Vel was used for timber rafting till the 1990s.
References
References
- "Вель (река в Архангельской обл.)". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
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