Onega

Related Category: CIS and Baltic Physical Geography

(ōnē´gə, ōnā´–, Rus. ŭnyā´gŭ), river, c.260 mi (420 km) long, rising in Lake Lacha, NW European Russia, and flowing N into the Onega Gulf of the White Sea, SW of Arkhangelsk. It is navigable (May–November) except for the rapids in its middle course.