Ileksa River
| Ileksa Russian: Илекса |
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| Country | Russia |
| Basin features | |
| River mouth |
Lake Vodlozero 136 metres (446 ft) |
| Basin size | 3,950 square kilometres (1,530 sq mi) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 155 km (96 mi) |
| Discharge |
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Coordinates: 62°28′52″N 36°55′18″E / 62.48111°N 36.92167°E
The Ileksa (Russian: Илекса) is a river in Onezhsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in Russia. It is the principal tributary of Lake Vodlozero, and thus belongs to the basins of Lake Onega and of the Baltic Sea. It is 155 kilometres (96 mi) long, and the area of its basin 3,950 square kilometres (1,530 sq mi). The main tributary of the Ileksa is the Chusreka River (left).
Ileksa is part of major waterway, which starts as the Verkhnyaya River, which is a tributary of Lake Kalgachinskoye, and continues as the Vodla River (which flows out of Lake Vodlozero) to Lake Onega, further as the Svir River to Lake Ladoga, and further as the Neva River to the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. The Ileksa connects lakes Kalgachinskoye and Vodlozero. The course of the river passes a number of lakes, the biggest of which are Lake Monastyrskoye, Lake Ik, and Lake Luzskoye, all located in Arkhangelsk Oblast close to the border with Karelia. There are many rapids on the Ileksa.
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