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Akhtuba River

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Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
Akhtuba River
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The Akhtuba River ; also transliterated Achtuba on some maps) is a left distributary of the Volga River.The Akhtuba splits off the Volga above the city Volgograd , 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 6.5 kilometres long that starts below the dam. The river is 537 kilometres long; the average water flow is 153 cubic metres per second . The following cities lie on or near the Akhtuba: Volzhsky , Leninsk, Znamensk, Akhtubinsk, Kharabali . The capital of the Golden Horde, Sarai Batu, was most likely located along the Akhtuba as well, not far from Kharabali. 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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