The Berd () is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the
Ob.
The Berd begins on the western slopes of the
Salair ridge, flows in
Altai Krai territory and the rest in
Novosibirsk Oblast
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. The river empties into the
Novosibirsk Reservoir, which submerged of the original Berd river after construction.
The Berd is long and was formerly long. Its
drainage basin
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covers .
The
Ik is a tributary flowing into it from the north. Another river flowing into it is the
Anfimov Mocheg.
Discharge averages . Ice forms on the river in the first weeks of November and breaks apart in mid-April.
Naming, it is thought, is from
Turkic languages
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"Berdi" with the meaning of "given".
Two cities,
Berdsk and
Iskitim, are along the river.
References
External links
"Variety of the underwater and maritime vegetation for Berd river", "Some ecological problems of the Berd river and their solution approach", P.M.Kipriyanova{{in lang, ru
Rivers of Novosibirsk Oblast
Rivers of Altai Krai