Pechenzhitsa
Pechenzhitsa (Russian: Печеньжица is a river in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is part of the Northern Dvina basin and is a right tributary of Sukhona river and flows through the Babushkinsky and Totemsky Districts of the oblast into Sukhona 298km from its mouth. Its largest tributary is Mikhalitsa.[1]
The name is the diminutive of the toponym Печеньга (not to be confused with Pechenga, Печенга) and is part of the Finnic substrate of the toponymy of Northern Russia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Река Печеньжица, Государственный водный реестр России [State Water Registry of Russia]
- ^ Матвеев А. К., Субстратная топонимия Русского Севера. Часть I, Екатеринбург: Изд-во Урал. ун-та, 2001 p. 1111
59°48′53″N 42°39′37″E / 59.8148°N 42.6602°E
 | This article related to a river in Russia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |