The Belaya () is a river in

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. The length of the river is and the area of is

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. It is the most important tributary of the Penzhina, followed by the Oklan.

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The Belaya has its source as the Palmatkina in the western slopes of the Vaeg Range, in the center of the

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. It is joined by the Essoveyem from the left and flows roughly southwestwards skirting the southeastern limits of the

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, draining the Parapolsky Dol, a plain between both ranges. It approaches the Penzhina in a swampy

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with numerous small lakes. Finally it meets the left bank of the Penzhina upstream from Kamenskoye.

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. - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978 The river is fed by snow and rain. It freezes between mid October and mid May. The largest tributaries are the Vetvistaya from the right, and the Khonteklyakkuul, Umkavylkuul, Imlan, Kuyuln, Tundrovaya, Essoveem (Evytkenveem), Gaychaveem (Ilgilkhivayam) and Bolshoy Upupkin from the left. There are 4,844 lakes in the river basin with a total area of .

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Ramsar Sites Information Service - Parapolsky Dol

Status of reintroductions of three large herbivores in Russia

Kamchatka Krai travel guide
Rivers of Kamchatka Krai Koryak Mountains {{FarEast-Russia-river-stub

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