| Krasivaya Mecha | |
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| Native name | Красивая меча (Russian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Don |
• coordinates | 52°55′19″N39°02′53″E / 52.92194°N 39.04806°E /52.92194; 39.04806 |
| Length | 244 km (152 mi) |
| Basin size | 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Don→Sea of Azov |
Krasivaya Mecha (Russian:Краси́вая Ме́ча) is a river inTula andLipetsk oblasts inRussia. It is a righttributary of theDon, and is 244 kilometres (152 mi) long, with adrainage basin of 6,000 square kilometres (2,300 mi2).[1] The river freezes over in late November and is icebound until early April.
The town ofYefremov is along the Krasivaya Mecha River.
In hisSketches from a Hunter's Album, Russian writerIvan Turgenev describes the area surrounding the river as the "Beautiful Lands," in reference to it being regarded as "one of the most beautiful regions in European Russia," according to the endnotes provided by Richard Freeborn for the English translation.[2]
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