the velikaya ( "velíkaya") is a river in novosokolnichesky, pustoshkinsky, sebezhsky, opochetsky, pushkinogorsky, ostrovsky, palkinsky, and pskovsky districts of pskov oblast, as well as in the city of pskov in russia. it is a major tributary of lake peipus and belongs to the basin of the narva river. it is long, and the area of its basin . the name of the river literally means "grand" or "great" in russian. the towns of opochka, ostrov and pskov are located on the banks of the velikaya. the principal tributaries of the velikaya are the alolya river (right), the issa river (left), the sorot river (right), the sinyaya river (left), the utroya river (left), the kukhva river (left), the cheryokha river (right), and the pskova river (right).