The Ay (, ''Äy''; ) is a river in
Bashkortostan and
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast; , is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chel ...
in
Russia
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, a
left tributary of the
Ufa. The river is long, and its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which 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, ...
covers .
[«Река АЙ»]
Russian State Water Registry The Ay freezes up in late October or early November and remains icebound until mid-April. The cities of
Zlatoust and
Kusa are along the river Ay. There are many steep cliff sides and caves along the banks of the river. The current of the Ay has been used for generating hydroelectric power. It is also possible to fish for
pike,
bleak, and
carp
The term carp (: carp) is a generic common name for numerous species of freshwater fish from the family (biology), family Cyprinidae, a very large clade of ray-finned fish mostly native to Eurasia. While carp are prized game fish, quarries and a ...
, to name a few species.
References
Rivers of Bashkortostan
Rivers of Chelyabinsk Oblast
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