Sinyaya River

Coordinates: 57°09′45.54″N 28°30′38.52″E / 57.1626500°N 28.5107000°E / 57.1626500; 28.5107000

Sinyaya
Russian: Синяя
Latvian: Zilupe
Belarusian: Сінюха

Zilupe (Sinyaya) near Zilupe, Latvia
Basin
Main source Lake Osveya
River mouth Velikaya
Watershed area 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi)[1]
Countries Belarus, Latvia, Russia
Physiognomy
Length 195 km (121 mi)[1]

The Sinyaya (Russian: Синяя, Belarusian: Сінюха, Latvian: Zilupe) is a river in Verkhnyadzvinsk Raion of Vitebsk Region of Belarus, in Zilupe, Ludza, and Cibla municipalities of Latvia, and in Sebezhsky, Krasnogorodsky, and Ostrovsky Districts of Pskov Oblast in Russia, part of the Baltic Sea basin. It is a left tributary of the Velikaya River. It is 195 kilometres (121 mi) long, and the area of its basin 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi).

Its source of the Sinyaya is Lake Osveya, Belarus, close to the place where the borders of Belarus, Latvia and Russia meet. After a short stretch it flows along the Belarus-Latvia border, then turns north and makes the Latvia-Russia border. It further departs from the border into the Latvian side, and flows through the town of Zilupe. North of Zilupe, it returns to the border. Even further north, the river turns northeast and enters Russia. It flows through the urban-type settlement of Krasnogorodsk and turns east in the selo of Venyavino. The mouth of the Sinyaya is in the village of Ustye.

References

  1. 1 2 Река Синяя (Зилупе, Синюха) (in Russian). State Water Register of Russia. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
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