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{{Infobox river
| name              = Klyazma 
| native_name       ={{native name|ru|Клязьма}}
| image             = Vyazniki asv2019-05 img13 Klyazma River.jpg
| image_caption     = Klyazma River at [[Vyazniki]]
| map               = Klyazmarivermap.png
| map_caption       = Map of the Volga watershed with the Klyazma highlighted
| mapframe          = yes
| mapframe-zoom     = 5
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Russia]]
| length            = {{convert|686|km|abbr=on}}
| source1_location  = 
| source1_elevation = 
| source1_coordinates = 
| mouth             = [[Oka (river) |Oka]]
| mouth_elevation   = 
| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|display=it|56|10|05|N|42|58|09|E}}
| discharge1_avg    = 
| progression       = {{ROka}}
| basin_size        = {{convert|42500|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left  = 
| tributaries_right = 
}}

The '''Klyazma''' ({{Lang-rus|Клязьма|p=ˈklʲæzʲmə}}, ''Klyaz'ma'' or ''Kliazma''), a [[river]] in the [[Moscow Oblast|Moscow]], [[Nizhny Novgorod Oblast|Nizhny Novgorod]], [[Ivanovo Oblast|Ivanovo]] and [[Vladimir Oblast|Vladimir]] [[Oblast]]s in [[Russia]], forms a left [[tributary]] of the [[Oka (river) |Oka]].<ref name=bse>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article062113.html Клязьма], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]</ref>

The {{convert|686|km}} long river's [[drainage basin]] is {{convert|42500|km2}}.<ref name=bse/> The Klyazma usually freezes up in November and stays under the ice until mid-April, although in faster-moving stretches ice-free water occurs until the air temperature drops below {{convert|-10|°C}}.

The largest tributaries of the Klyazma include (from source to mouth):<ref name=gvr>[http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=179347 «Река ОЗЕРО МАЛЫЕ ПОДБОРЦЫ»], Russian State Water Registry</ref>
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* [[Ucha (river)|Ucha]] (left)
* [[Vorya (Klyazma)|Vorya]] (left)
* [[Sherna]] (left)
* [[Kirzhach (river)|Kirzhach]] (left)
* [[Peksha (river)|Peksha]] (left)
* [[Polya (river)|Polya]] (right)
* [[Koloksha (river)|Koloksha]] (left)
* [[Nerl (Klyazma)|Nerl]] (left)
* [[Sudogda (river)|Sudogda]] (right)
* [[Nerekhta (river)|Nerekhta]] (right)
* [[Uvod]] (left)
* [[Teza (river)|Teza]] (left)
* [[Lukh (river)|Lukh]] (left)
* [[Suvoroshch]] (right)
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The Klyazma is navigable within {{convert|120|km}} from its [[estuary]] and in the area of the Klyazminskoye Reservoir. The cities of [[Gorokhovets, Vladimir Oblast| Gorokhovets]], [[Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast| Mendeleyevo]], [[Pavlovsky Posad]], [[Vladimir, Russia| Vladimir]], [[Kovrov]], [[Shchyolkovo]], [[Losino-Petrovsky]], [[Noginsk]], [[Orekhovo-Zuyevo]], [[Sobinka]] and [[Vyazniki]] stand on the shores of the Klyazma River.

The basin of the Klyazma formed the center of the [[Vladimir-Suzdal| Vladimir-Suzdal principality]] in the 12th to 14th centuries CE.

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[[Category:Rivers of Moscow Oblast]]
[[Category:Rivers of Vladimir Oblast]]
[[Category:Rivers of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]]
[[Category:Rivers of Ivanovo Oblast]]


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