Slavyanka River

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Slavyanka (Russian: Славя́нка) is a river in Leningrad Oblast of Russia. It is a tributary of the Neva River, and it is 31 kilometres (19 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 230 square kilometres (89 sq mi).

The river begins in swamps 9 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Pavlovsk, and flows northeast towards Pavlovsk, where it passes through the parks surrounding the large Pavlovsk Palace. It the continues north, and flows into the Neva in the Rybatskoye area of Saint Petersburg. At the mouth the river is about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) deep. The Slavyanka is a typical slow-moving lowland river.

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