Avacha () is a river in the southern part of the

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. It flows southeast into Avacha Bay, near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The river is long with a watershed of . Nineteenth-century travelers like

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ascended the Avacha as far as possible and then took horses to the upper course of the river

Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and western coastlines, respectively. Immediately offshore along the Pacific ...

to travel further north. The town of Yelizovo, which houses the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, is on the banks of the Avacha.

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Rivers of Kamchatka Krai Drainage basins of the Pacific Ocean {{FarEast-Russia-river-stub