{{Infobox river | name =Vologda<br />{{langx|ru|Вологда}} | image =Vologda Zarechye.jpg | image_size =<!--Optional; defaults to 288 px--> | image_caption =The Vologda in the center of the city of Vologda | source1_location = | mouth = Sukhona | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|59.2862|40.2165|display=it|region:RU-VLG_type:river}} | progression = {{RSukhona}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 =Russia | length_km = 155 | length_ref = <ref name="GSE">{{cite book|title= Вологда (река в Вологодской обл.)|url= http://bse.sci-lib.com/article006326.html|publisher= Great Soviet Encyclopedia}}</ref> | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size_km2 = 3030 | basin_size_ref = <ref name="GSE" /> }} right|thumb|The Northern Dvina basin. The Vologda is shown on the map. The '''Vologda''' ({{langx|ru|Вологда}}) is a river in Sheksninsky and Vologodsky Districts of Vologda Oblast as well as in the city of Vologda in Russia. A right-tributary of the Sukhona, it is {{convert|155|km|mi}} long, and the area of its basin {{convert|3030|km2|sqmi}}. The principal tributary is the Toshnya (right). The river takes its name from the city of Vologda, which is located on the river Vologda.
According to Max Vasmer's ''Etymological Dictionary'', the name "Vologda" originates from a Uralic language and means "a white city".<ref>{{cite book|last= Фасмер|first= Макс|script-title= ru:Этимологический словарь Фасмера|url= http://fasmerbook.com/p110.htm|language= ru|page= 110|archive-date= 2017-04-20|access-date= 2011-11-20|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170420022300/http://fasmerbook.com/p110.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref> Another, less reliable account suggests that the city was named after the river and its name should be translated as "white water" (compare Eastern Mari ''volgədo'' "light").<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.tehnotour.ru/info/opis/vologda.html | title=ВОЛОГДА | language=ru | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903230313/http://www.tehnotour.ru/info/opis/vologda.html| archive-date=2016-09-03 | access-date=2023-12-15}}</ref> Folk-etymology sometimes associates the name ''Vologda'' with the Russian word ''volok'' ({{langx |ru| волок}})<ref> NB: {{cite book | last1 = Gilyarovsky | first1 = Vladimir Alekseyevich | author-link1 = Vladimir Gilyarovsky | chapter = 1: Детство [Childhood] | title = Мои скитания: Повесть бродяжной жизни | trans-title = My travels: a tale of a wandering life | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=05D2CAAAQBAJ | series = Classic Russian Non-Fiction | date = 31 December 1927 | language = ru | publisher = IQ Publishing Solutions LLC | publication-date = 1927 | isbn = 9785447804800 | access-date = 2017-02-16 | quote = Vologda. Koren' etogo slova, dumayu, volok i tol'ko volok. [Vologda. The root of this word, I think, is ''volok'' and only ''volok''. }} </ref> meaning "portage" or "stretch of forest".<ref> [https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BA волок in the Russian Wiktionary] </ref>
The source of the Vologda lies in the western part of Vologodsky District. The river flows north, enters Sheksninsky District for several kilometers, returns to Vologodsky District and turns southwest. The valley of the Vologda is heavily populated. Upstream of the city of Vologda, the river accepts the Toshnya from the right and turns east, flowing through the city of Vologda. East of Vologda, the river flows northeast past unpopulated swampy areas and joins the Sukhona in the village of Ustye-Vologodskoye.
The river basin of the Vologda comprises the major part of Vologodsky District, as well as minor areas of Sheksninsky and Gryazovetsky Districts of Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basins of the Northern Dvina and of the White Sea.
The Vologda is navigable from its confluence with the Toshnya River, however, there is no passenger navigation.
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Vologda River}} *{{cite web|url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=158646|script-title=ru:Река Вологда|publisher=State Water Register of Russia|language=ru|access-date=20 November 2011}}
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Category:Rivers of Vologda Oblast