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Which waterways connect the Volga River to the White Sea?
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Volga River
The Dnieper, Don, and Volga river basins and their drainage network.
The Volga River is connected to the White Sea through a system of waterways that includes the Volga-Baltic Waterway and the White SeaāBaltic Canal.
Ships traveling from the Volga River reach Lake Onega via the Volga-Baltic Waterway, which begins at Rybinsk and utilizes the Sheksna, Kovzha, and Vytegra rivers. At Lake Onega, this system connects to the White SeaāBaltic Canal. This canal runs northward from Povenets through Lake Vygozero and the canalized Vyg River to reach the White Sea.12