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Luga River
The
Luga River
is a
river
in
Novgorodsky
and
Batetsky Districts
of
Novgorod Oblast
and
Luzhsky
,
Volosovsky
,
Slantsevsky
, and
Kingiseppsky Districts
of
Leningrad Oblast
of
Russia
. The river flows into the
Luga Bay
of the
Gulf of Finland
. It freezes up in the early December and stays under the ice until early April. The length of the Luga is , and the area of its drainage basin is . Its main
tributary
is the
Oredezh River
(right). The towns of
Luga
and
Kingisepp
, as well as the urban-type settlement of
Tolmachyovo
are located on the banks of the Luga. The mouth of the Luga is the site of the
Ust-Luga
container terminal.
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