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Volga River
The Dnieper, Don, and Volga river basins and their drainage network.
The Volga River receives water from approximately 200 tributaries, the majority of which join the river on its left bank.1
The river system as a whole is vast, comprising 151,000 rivers and permanent or intermittent streams with a total length of about 357,000 miles. Significant tributaries include the Oka, the Kama—which is the Volga's major tributary—as well as the Vetluga, Sura, and Sviyaga rivers.12