Nice print titled La Neva a Saint-Petersbourg, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page is 26 x 18 cm, approx. image size is 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes / The Earth and Its Inhabitants, great work of Elisee Reclus.

Niva River

river in Leningrad oblast (province), northwestern Russia. The  river issues from Lake Ladoga at Shlisselburg and flows 46 miles (74 km) west to  the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. Its drainage basin covers 109,000 square  miles (282,000 square km) and includes Lakes Ladoga, Onega, and Ilmen and the  Svir and Volkhov rivers. Freeze-up lasts from early December to late April. The  river derives importance not only from its navigability by large ships—it forms  part of the White Sea–Baltic and Volga-Baltic waterways—but also from the  presence of St. Petersburg city at its mouth.