The Kimzha is a river in Leshukonsky

Leshukonsky District

Leshukonsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Leshukonsky Municipal District...

 and Mezensky District

Mezensky District

Mezensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Mezensky Municipal District...

s of Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea....

 in Russia

Russia

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. It is a left tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Mezen River

Mezen River

The Mezen is a river in Udorsky District of the Komi Republic and in Leshukonsky and Mezensky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. Its mouth is located in the Mezen Bay of the White Sea. Mezen is one of the biggest rivers of European Russia. It is long, and the area of its basin...

. It is 158 kilometres (98.2 mi) long, and the area of its basin 1490 square kilometres (575.3 sq mi). The main tributary is the Tyafsora (right).

The river basin of the Kimzha comprises a strip elongated from the south to the north and located between the basins of the Mezen and the Nemnyuga

Nemnyuga River

The Nemnyuga is a river in Leshukonsky, Pinezhsky, and Mezensky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Kuloy River. It is long, and the area of its basin...

. The source of the Kimzha is in the north-western part of Leshukonsky District, north of lake Yamozero and some 50 kilometres (31.1 mi) west of the selo of Leshukonskoye

Leshukonskoye

Leshukonskoye is a rural locality and the administrative center of Leshukonsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vashka River. It also serves as the administrative center of Leshukonsky Selsoviet, one of the thirteen selsoviets into which the district is...

, the administrative center of the district. The river flows in the general direction north. The Kimzha meanders, forming many lakes. The mouth of the Kimzha is several kilometers downstream from the selo of Kimzha and is approximately opposite to the mouth of the Pyoza

Pyoza River

The Pyoza is a river in Mezensky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Mezen River. It is long, and the area of its basin...

, a right tributary of the Mezen.

The river valley is not populated except for the selo of Kimzha close to the river mouth. Several kilometers upstream, the Kimzha is crossed by a bridge, over which the road connecting Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk , formerly known as Archangel in English, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the north of European Russia. The city spreads for over along the banks of the river...

 and Mezen

Mezen

-See also:*Administrative divisions of Arkhangelsk Oblast...

runs.