The Belaya (; , ; tt-Cyrl, Агыйдел ) is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...

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. Its source lies in the south-western

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

. It is long, and its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

covers .«Река БЕЛАЯ»
Russian State Water Registry Settlements along the Belaya include

Beloretsk Beloretsk (russian: Белоре́цк; ba, Белорет, ''Beloret'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the Belaya River, from Ufa. Population: History Town-factories were a peculiar phenomenon in the town- ...

Sterlitamak Sterlitamak ( rus, Стерлитама́к, p=stʲɪrlʲɪtɐˈmak; ba, Стәрлетамаҡ, translit=Stärletamaq; ) is the second largest city in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Belaya River (Kama's ...

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...

(at the

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with the river

), and

Birsk Birsk (russian: Бирск; ba, Бөрө, ''Börö''; tt-Cyrl, Бөре, ''Böre'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River, from Ufa, the capital of the republic. Population: Histor ...

. The Belaya flows into the

Kama ''Kama'' (Sanskrit ) means "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh literature.Monier Williamsकाम, kāmaMonier-Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary, pp 271, see 3rd column Kama often connotes sensual pleasure, sexual ...

near

Neftekamsk Neftekamsk (russian: Нефтека́мск; ba, Нефтекама, translit=Neftekama) is a city in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located in the northwest of the republic on the Kama River, from the republic's capital Ufa. It is a la ...

Tributaries

The largest tributaries of the Belaya are, from source to mouth: *

Tirlyan Tirlyansky (russian: Тирлянский; ba, Тирлән, ''Tirlän''), also known as Tirlyan, Tirlian and Bashkir Tirlan, is a village in the Beloretsky District of Bashkortostan, the center and the only settlement of the Tirlyansk soviet. It ...

(right) * Nugush (right) * Ashkadar (left) * Kuganak (left) *

Zigan The Zigan ( ba, Егән, ''Yegän''; russian: Зиган), is a river in Bashkortostan, Russia, a right tributary of the Belaya. The river is long, and the area of its drainage basin is .Zilim Zilim (russian: Зилим, ba, Еҙем, ''Yeźem'') is a river in Bashkortostan, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Belaya. The river is long, and the area of its drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing ...

(right) * Sim (right) * Urshak (left) *

(right) * Dyoma (left) * Chermasan (left) * Bir (right) *

Bystry Tanyp The Bystry Tanyp or Tanyp ( ba, Тере Танып, Етеҙ Танып, ''Tere Tanıp, Eteź Tanıp''; russian: Быстрый Танып), is a river in Bashkortostan and Perm Krai in Russia, a right tributary of the Belaya.Syun ''SYUN'' was a Japanese record label founded by Susumu Hirasawa in 1994. Hirasawa created the label to be able to have freedom to release some of his less commercial works (which later expanded to works by his associates, mostly members of P-MODE ...

(left)

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File:The Belaya River.jpg, The middle Belaya valley File:Капова пещера.jpg, The entrance to the

Kapova Cave Kapova cave ( rus, Капова пещера, Kopova peshchera, also known as Shul'gan-Tash, ba, Шүлгәнташ, Shylgəntash) is a limestone karst cave in the Burzyansky District of Bashkortostan, Russia, ca. south-east of Ufa, in the south ...

File:Набережная реки Белой.jpg, The Belaya River in

Rivers of Bashkortostan {{Russia-river-stub

Tributaries

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