Skhodnya | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
Length: | 47km (29miles) |
Mouth: | Moskva |
Mouth Coordinates: | 55.8234°N 37.4122°W |
Basin Size: | 255km2 |
The Skhodnya (Russian: Сходня, pronounced as /ru/) is a river in the northwest of Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is the second-largest tributary of the Moskva, after the Yauza. It is long (of which 5 km in Moscow proper), and has a drainage basin of .[1] The Skhodnya originates near the village of Alabushevo (part of Zelenograd) and flows into the Moskva River near the Tushino Airfield. The Skhodnya is connected with a derivational canal, which supplies water from the Volga through the (with the help of the Skhodnenskaya hydroelectric plant) to Moscow for sanitary irrigation.