Oyat

Oyat
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location
• elevation	226 m (741 ft)
Mouth	Svir
• coordinates	60°30′19″N 33°01′38″E / 60.50528°N 33.02722°E / 60.50528; 33.02722Coordinates: 60°30′19″N 33°01′38″E / 60.50528°N 33.02722°E / 60.50528; 33.02722
Length	266 km (165 mi)
Basin size	5,220 km2 (2,020 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	55 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Svir→ Lake Ladoga→ Neva→ Gulf of Finland

The Oyat (Russian: Оять) is a river in Babayevsky District of Vologda Oblast and Podporozhsky and Lodeynopolsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast of Russia, a major left tributary of the Svir (Lake Ladoga basin). The length of the Oyat is 266 kilometres (165 mi), and the area of its drainage basin is 5,220 square kilometres (2,020 sq mi).^[1]

The source of the Oyat is in the western part of Babayevsky District. The Oyat flows to the northwest and enters Leningrad Oblast. In the village of it turns north. Upstream of the selo of the Oyat accepts the from the right and sharply turns southwest. It enters Lodeynopolsky District and in the selo of turns northwest. The mouth of the Oyat is located in the selo of . Much of the valley of the Oyat in Leningrad oblast is populated.

The drainage basin of the Oyat includes the southern parta of Podporozhsky and Lodeynopolsky Districts, the areas in the west of Vytegorsky and Babayevsky Districts of Vologda Oblast, as well as minor areas in the north of Tikhvinsky District of Leningrad Oblast. There are many lakes in the basin of the Oyat, the biggest of them being .

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