The Upper Angara (, ''Verkhnyaya Angara''; , ''Deede Angar'') is a river in
Buryatia,
Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a ...
to the northeast of
Lake Baikal. the third longest river in the Baikal basin. It is long, and has a
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, ...
of .
The
Baikal–Amur Mainline
The Baikal–Amur Mainline (russian: Байкало-Амурская магистраль, , , ) is a broad-gauge railway line in Russia. Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the -long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km (380 to 4 ...
runs along the north side of the river northeast up its valley, crossing between Anamakit and
Novy Uoyan
Novy Uoyan (russian: Но́вый Уоя́н; bua, Шэнэ Уоян, ''Shene Uoian'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Severo-Baykalsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located in the basin of the Upper Angara Ri ...
and crossing the river a second time upstream before heading into the mountains.
Wikimapia approximate site of basin
Course
The Upper Angara rises at about in an area of small glacial lakes of the Delyun-Uran
The Delyun-Uran Range (russian: Делюн-Уранский хребет, translit=Delyun-Uranskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands.
The nearest airport is Bodaybo AirportGoog ...
range, right by the Northern Muya Range
The Northern Muya Range (russian: Се́веро-Му́йский хребе́т, translit=Severo-Muyskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands.Google Earth
The Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) railway traver ...
, Stanovoy Highlands
The Stanovoy Highlands ( rus, Станово́е наго́рье) or Stanovoy Uplands is a mountain range in the Transbaikal region of Siberia, Russia.
Geography
The Stanovoy Highlands are a mountainous area between the Patom Highlands to the ...
. It its upper course the river flows in a WSW direction across mountainous terrain, with rapids and waterfalls. It enters then a floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
and crosses the spurs of the Upper Angara
The Upper Angara (, ''Verkhnyaya Angara''; , ''Deede Angar'') is a river in Buryatia, Siberia to the northeast of Lake Baikal. the third longest river in the Baikal basin. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The Baikal–Amur Mainline run ...
and the Barguzin ranges. Near Yanchukan it flows through the Upper Angara tectonic basin. Finally it ends in Lake Baikal forming a delta in the shallow northern end of the lake, separated from the deep part by long sandy spits, including Yarki Island
Yarki (russian: Я́рки) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Yarkovskoye Rural Settlement, Novokhopyorsky District, Voronezh Oblast, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental co ...
. The Upper Angara is navigable in its last stretch.[Верхняя Ангара - Water of Russia]
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The main tributaries of the Upper Angara are the long Angarakan, the long Yanchui, the long Churo and the long Kotera.[
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drain ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Buryatia
Stanovoy Highlands
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