Vologda

The Vologda is a river in Sheksninsky and Vologodsky Districts of Vologda Oblast as well as in the city of Vologda in Russia. A right-tributary of the Sukhona, it is 155 kilometres long, and the area of its basin 3,030 square kilometres. The principal tributary is the Toshnya. The river takes its name from the city of Vologda, which is located on the river Vologda.

According to Max Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary, the name "Vologda" originates from a Uralic language and means "a white city". Another, less reliable account suggests that the city was named after the river and its name should be translated as "white water" Folk-etymology sometimes associates the name Vologda with the Russian word volok