Pekhórka River is a river

River

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 in the Moscow Region

Moscow Oblast

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 in Russia

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, a left tributary

Tributary

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 of the Moskva River

Moskva River

The Moskva River is a river that flows through the Moscow and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, and is a tributary of the Oka River.-Etymology:...

. Total length - 42 km, water catchment area - 513 km².

Flows from the north point in 1,5 km from Lukino village to the south, where it passes Moscow

Moscow

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 through Izmailovo, Kuskovo

Kuskovo

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 and Kosino

Administrative divisions of Moscow

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 (that part of the river in Moscow is about 10 km). Three pond

Pond

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s - one on the north of Lukino, one near Pekhra-Pokrovskoye village and one in Balashiha-2 microdistrict

Microdistrict

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.

Balashikha

Balashikha

Balashikha is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pekhorka River east of Moscow. It is known for its unique river and waterway system. The Pekhorka River system covers an area of from north to south and from east to west, and many small lakes and ponds were created by damming to...

 and Zheleznodorozhniy

Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast

Zheleznodorozhny is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. Population: It was founded in 1861 as a settlement servicing the railway station of Obiralovka , made famous by Leo Tolstoy as the death place of the main character of the novel Anna Karenina.In 1938, it was renamed...

 cities are located on the river as well as Tomilino

Tomilino

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 and Kraskovo

Kraskovo

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 settlements.

Name etymology

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 probably comes from the Old Slavonic «Ṕh» (Cyrillic: «пьх») with the «ur» (Cyrillic: «ъръ») suffix which means «to push».

River was included into the 1971 Moscow General Development Plant which constitutes special emphasis on the construction of Eastern Navigable Channel. This channel was intended to decongest

Traffic congestion

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 the navigation through Moscow via Moscow River. Pekhorka would become a part of Lyubertsy

Lyubertsy

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 Reservoir

Reservoir

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, the largest water basin in Moscow Region. Channel was never built.