Klyazma

The Klyazma (Russian: Клязьма, IPA: [ˈklʲæzʲmə], Klyaz'ma or Kliazma), a <a href="/facts/River/GxdjEX21">river</a> in the <a href="/facts/Moscow_Oblast/699h9DNN">Moscow</a>, <a href="/facts/Nizhny_Novgorod_Oblast/CYTfTnJC">Nizhny Novgorod</a>, <a href="/facts/Ivanovo_Oblast/kW6dVQqf">Ivanovo</a> and <a href="/facts/Vladimir_Oblast/4g4pyLYE">Vladimir</a> <a href="/facts/Oblast/Kx4ccdm6">Oblasts</a> in <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>, forms a left <a href="/facts/Tributary/JB69Ypox">tributary</a> of the <a href="/facts/Oka_(river)/j3hjcxwt">Oka</a>.
The 686 kilometres (426 mi) long river's <a href="/facts/Drainage_basin/lzsx0XJS">drainage basin</a> is 42,500 square kilometres (16,400 sq mi). The Klyazma usually freezes up in November and stays under the ice until mid-April, although in faster-moving stretches ice-free water occurs until the air temperature drops below −10 °C (14 °F).
The largest tributaries of the Klyazma include (from source to mouth):

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Ucha_(river)/A3b4kYfW">Ucha</a> (left)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vorya_(Klyazma)/3cmEzAIw">Vorya</a> (left)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sherna/5h0rPP3M">Sherna</a> (left)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Kirzhach_(river)/5BKxGqvx">Kirzhach</a> (left)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Peksha_(river)/fpVRAFT0">Peksha</a> (left)</li>
<li>Polya (right)</li>
<li>Koloksha (left)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nerl_(Klyazma)/fVrGLGry">Nerl</a> (left)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sudogda_(river)/741G1R5v">Sudogda</a> (right)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nerekhta_(river)/7pUaMCzP">Nerekhta</a> (right)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Uvod/J6ll8BkF">Uvod</a> (left)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Teza_(river)/QsmbsvyB">Teza</a> (left)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lukh_(river)/2l02W40X">Lukh</a> (left)</li>
<li>Suvoroshch (right)</li></ul>

The Klyazma is navigable within 120 kilometres (75 mi) from its <a href="/facts/Estuary/WmkSInmK">estuary</a> and in the area of the Klyazminskoye Reservoir. The cities of <a href="/facts/Gorokhovets,_Vladimir_Oblast/xKcTl44n"> Gorokhovets</a>, <a href="/facts/Mendeleyevo,_Moscow_Oblast/EHtxhlYl"> Mendeleyevo</a>, <a href="/facts/Pavlovsky_Posad/vY64P9DF">Pavlovsky Posad</a>, <a href="/facts/Vladimir,_Russia/W1bQAU4u"> Vladimir</a>, <a href="/facts/Kovrov/8dP60t9J">Kovrov</a>, <a href="/facts/Shchyolkovo/Eg27CWhe">Shchyolkovo</a>, <a href="/facts/Losino-Petrovsky/moCaDobp">Losino-Petrovsky</a>, <a href="/facts/Noginsk/oszyRp9s">Noginsk</a>, <a href="/facts/Orekhovo-Zuyevo/rKqYmng2">Orekhovo-Zuyevo</a>, <a href="/facts/Sobinka/82pEPfxf">Sobinka</a> and <a href="/facts/Vyazniki/RbFsWfJb">Vyazniki</a> stand on the shores of the Klyazma River.
The basin of the Klyazma formed the center of the <a href="/facts/Vladimir-Suzdal/0WmbC4I4"> Vladimir-Suzdal principality</a> in the 12th to 14th centuries CE.

Klyazma open-in-new

Klyazma