Vyg | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Republic of Karelia |
Subdivision Type5: | City |
Subdivision Name5: | Belomorsk |
Length: | 237km (147miles) |
Discharge1 Location: | Vorozhgora |
Discharge1 Avg: | 267m3/s |
Discharge2 Location: | Onega Bay |
Discharge2 Avg: | ? |
Mouth: | Onega Bay |
Mouth Location: | Republic of Karelia, Russia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 64.5256°N 34.7894°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
Basin Size: | 27100km2 |
The Vyg (Russian: Выг|link=no; Karelian: Uikujoki|link=no) is a river in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It consists of the Upper Vyg which is long and discharges into Lake Vygozero,[1] and the Lower Vyg, which is long and flows from Vygozero and discharges into Onega Bay of the White Sea near Belomorsk.
The Upper Vyg flows through several small lakes in a swampy land. The Lower Vyg is a part of the White Sea–Baltic Canal and is controlled by several dams.
Neolithic on islands of Vyg near its mouth.
There were famous raskolnik monasteries along Vyg and its tributary, notably the (also Vygoretskaya Hermitage)