Kolp
Kolp’
a river in Leningrad and Vologda oblasts, RSFSR, right tributary of the Suda River (Volga basin). Length, 254 km; basin area, 3,730 sq km. It rises in the Vepsovskaia Elevation and flows through the Mologa-Sheksna Lowland. It is fed by mixed sources (primarily snow). High water occurs from April to May. The average annual flow rate 30 km from the mouth is 25.2 cu m per sec. The Kolp’ freezes in November and thaws in late April or early May. Timber is floated on the river. The city of Babaevo is on the Kolp’.