The Charysh ( or ; , from the ethnonym ' Choros') is a river in south-western

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, flowing into the left bank of the Ob.Чарыш
,

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It is long, and has a

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of . Its source is in the Korgon mountains in the

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, then descends into the pre-altaic depression in the

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, and it flows into the Ob upstream of the regional capital of

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. Its largest tributaries are the Inya, Belaya and Loktevka from the left, and the Maralikha from the right. The main settlements on the Charysh are Ust-Kan, Charyshskoye, Krasnoshchyokovo, Ust-Kalmanka and

Ust-Charyshskaya Pristan Ust-Charyshskaya Pristan () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo''), founded in 1773, and the administrative center of Ust-Pristansky District of Altai Krai, Russia, located along the Ob River in t ...

. Beloglazovo is a village located on the Charysh.

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