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When does the Volga River usually freeze in its upper reaches?
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Volga River
The Dnieper, Don, and Volga river basins and their drainage network.
The Volga River typically begins to freeze in its upper reaches at the end of November.1
While the construction of reservoirs during the Soviet period has altered the river's temperature regimeāleading to an increased duration of ice on the headwaters of these reservoirsāthe general seasonal pattern remains characterized by this late-autumn freeze-up.1