Английская Википедия:Akhtuba

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Akhtuba River

The Akhtuba (Шаблон:Lang-ru); also transliterated Achtuba on some maps) is a left distributary of the Volga in southern Russia.[1]

The Akhtuba splits off the Volga above the city Volgograd (at Шаблон:Coord), and flows toward the Volga Delta and Caspian Sea. The old beginning of Akhtuba was blocked by the dam of the Volga Hydroelectric Station; now it flows from the Volga via an artificial outtake canal Шаблон:Convert long that starts below the dam. The river is Шаблон:Convert long; the average water flow is Шаблон:Convert.

The following cities lie on or near the Akhtuba: Volzhsky (at the beginning of the river), Leninsk, Znamensk, Akhtubinsk, Kharabali (within 5 kilometres of the river). The capital of the Golden Horde, Sarai Batu, was most likely located along the Akhtuba as well, not far from Kharabali.Шаблон:Cn

The area between the Volga and the Akhtuba is known as the Volga-Akhtuba plain, which is one of Russia's primary vegetable growing areas. It is particularly well known as a major source of watermelons consumed in Russia.

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