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Moskva River

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Coordinates: 55°05′N 38°50′E

Map of the Volga watershed with the Moskva highlighted; the two rivers are directly connected by theMoscow Canal

The Moskva River (Russian: река Москва, Москва-река, Moskva-reka), also known as the Moscow River, is a river of western Russia. It rises about 90 miles west of Moscow, and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through central Moscow. About 70 miles south east of Moscow, at the city of Kolomna, it flows into the Oka River, itself a tributary of the Volga, which ultimately flows into the Caspian Sea.

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• 1 Etymology
• 2 Hydrology
• 3 Sources of water
• 4 Cities and towns
• 5 Islands
• 6 Recreation
• 7 Gallery
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Etymology[edit]

Moskva and Moscow are two different renderings of the same Russian word Москва. The city is named after the river. The origin of the name is unknown, although several theories exist.^[1] One theory is a composition of two words "Moss" and "Gov." The word "Moss" was very common in place names during the 9th-10th Century (perhaps Viking-Germano-Norman influence). "Gov" or "Gau" (говъ) originally meaning a