The
Velikaya is a river in
Novosokolnichesky,
Pustoshkinsky,
Sebezhsky,
Opochetsky,
Pushkinogorsky,
Ostrovsky,
Palkinsky, and
Pskovsky Districts of
Pskov Oblast, as well as in the city of
Pskov in
Russia. It is a major
tributary of
Lake Peipus and belongs to the basin of the
Narva River. It is long, and the area of its basin . The name of the river means literally "Grand" or "Great" in Russian. The towns of
Opochka,
Ostrov and Pskov are located on the banks of the Velikaya. The principal tributaries of the Velikaya are the
Alolya River (right), the Issa River (left), the
Sorot River (right), the
Sinyaya River (left), the
Utroya River (left), the
Kukhva River (left), the
Cheryokha River (right), and the
Pskova River (right).