Bolshaya Nevka
View from the Grenadiers Bridge in September 2006
Etymologydiminutive of Neva
Native nameБольшая Невка (Russian)
Location
CountryRussia
LocationSaint Petersburg
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationNeva
  coordinates59°57′17.1″N 30°20′25.2″E / 59.954750°N 30.340333°E / 59.954750; 30.340333
Mouth 
  location
Neva Bay
  coordinates
59°58′45.3″N 30°13′32.8″E / 59.979250°N 30.225778°E / 59.979250; 30.225778
Length8.5 km (5.3 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  rightChyornaya Rechka
Russian cruiser Aurora moored at the source of Great Nevka

The Great Nevka or Bolshaya Nevka (Russian: Больша́я Не́вка) is an arm of the Neva that begins about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) below the Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg.[1]

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References

  1. Nezhihovsky, R.A. (1988). "Voprosy gidrologii reki Nevy i Nevskoy guby" [Questions of hydrology of the Neva river and the Neva Bay]. Gidrometeoizdat. Leningrad: 213–215. LCCN 87116913. OL 2428838M.


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