Petchora,

Petchora, a large river of Russia, rises on the western slope of the Urals, flows north through the eastern parts of the governments of Vologda and Archangel, then south-east for 150 miles, and finally sweeping northwards into an estuary 30 miles wide and full of islands, falls into the Arctic Ocean, after a course of 975 miles. It is navigable by boats for upwards of 700 miles. The country through which the river flows is thinly peopled and quite uncultivated; dense forests extend on both sides, and the character of the scenery is wild, sombre, and melancholy. See Seebohn's Siberia in Europe (1881).