The Barguzin (; ) is a river in

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, long, flowing into the Barguzin Bay of

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, the largest and deepest bay of Baikal. Barguzin is the third (by the flow amount) inflow of Baikal, after the rivers

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and Upper Angara. Its

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area is . It is navigable for upwards from its

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. Its main tributaries are the

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, Argada and Ina from the left, and the Ulyun from the right. In 1648, Ivan Galkin founded an ''ostrog'' on the Barguzin.

Valley

In its middle part, the river flows along the Barguzin Valley or Depression (), which is long and up to wide and runs between the

Barguzin Range Barguzin Range () is a range in Buryatia, Russia along the northeastern shore of Baikal. Its length is 280 km, height up to 2,840 m. It is mostly covered by larch taiga. The range bounds the Barguzin Valley on the northwest. A part of the ...

(to the northwest) and

Ikat Range Ikat Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia. It runs in a parallel direction to the Baikal Rift. The range is named after two small rivers sharing the name "Ikat" which have their sources in opposite slopes of the range one is a tribut ...

(to the southeast). It also forms the western limit of the

Southern Muya Range The Southern Muya Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high Muisky Gigant; another important peak is 2363 m high Mount Shaman. Google Earth ...

. In the valley, the river branches, loops, leaves old riverbeds, and creates a swampy water network with more than 1,000 lakes. In the valley is the

Dzherga Nature Reserve Dzherginsky Nature Reserve () is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve), located about 100 km east of the northern section of Lake Baikal. It covers the source and upper reaches of the Barguzin River, the second largest tributary to ...

() encompassing .

Wind

The river also gave its name to a steady, strong wind on Baikal. The air flow rushes onto Baikal from the Barguzin Valley and blows across the lake at its middle, mostly for no longer than a day (starting at sunrise and ending by sunset). Usually it brings sunny weather. In Barguzin Bay, it may be of hurricane strength, but its average speed is usually less than 20 m/s. The wind is commemorated in the Russian folk song about a runaway from the

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: :Славное море - священный Байкал, :Славный корабль - омулевая бочка. :Эй, баргузин, пошевеливай вал, :Молодцу плыть недалечко. ::The sacred Baikal is a glorious sea, ::An

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barrel is a glorious ship. ::Hey, barguzin, roll the wave ::It is not too far to sail for a daring fellow. :Poetic translation:Used in a translation of ''

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::Hey, Barguzin make the waves rise and fall! ::This young lad's ready to frisk-o!

References

External links

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