Velikaya River

Coordinates: 57°51′30.43″N 28°9′10.11″E / 57.8584528°N 28.1528083°E / 57.8584528; 28.1528083

The Velikaya (Russian: Великая) 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 430 kilometres (270 mi) long, and the area of its basin 25,200 square kilometres (9,700 sq mi). 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).

The source of the Velikaya is located in the Bezhanitsy Hills in the northwest of Novosokolnichesky District. The river flows south through a system of lakes to Lake Veryato, where it turns west. It accepts the Alolya from the right and gradually turns north, passing through the town of Opochka. Northwest of the urban-type settlement of Pushkinskiye Gory it turns west, accepts the Sinyaya from the left and turns north. In the city of Pskov the Velikaya accepts the Pskova from the right and turns northwest, forming a river delta as it enters Lake Peipus.

Velikaya River (Chukotka)

The Velikaya River, also known as Bolshaya and Onemen (Russian: Великая, Большая, Онемен), is a 556 km long river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia. It flows north-eastwards from the Koryak Range through the Anadyrskiy Liman (the Anadyr River estuary) into the Bering Sea at the Gulf of Anadyr. The area of its drainage basin is 31,000 square kilometres (12,000 sq mi). Velikaya (Великая) translates to great in the Russian Language. Bolshaya (Большая) translates to big in Russian.

The Velikaya River and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

Latitude: 64° N, Longitude: 176° 15' E

There is a small populated place in the area close to its estuary also called Velikaya. Beluga whales are common in its estuarian waters.

One of the native names of this river is Echinku, so that in some documents referring to this river in Soviet times, it was referred to as Velikaya-Echinku.

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