The Chebdar is a river in
Altai Republic
The Altai Republic (; russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, Respublika Altay, ; Altai: , ''Altay Respublika''), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbour ...
in
Russia. It is long, and its
drainage basin covers .
The Chebdar is the only significant and paddleable tributary of the
Bashkaus
The Bashkaus (russian: Башкаус) is a river in the Altai Republic in Siberia, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Chulyshman, which flows into Lake Teletskoye ( Ob basin). The Bashkaus is long, and its drainage basin covers . It rises fr ...
, coming in from the left where the Lower Gorge of the Bashkaus ends, not far from
Chulyshman
The Chulyshman (russian: Чулышман; alt, Чолышман, ''Çolışman'') is a river in Altai Republic in Russia. The river is long, and its drainage basin covers . The Chulyshman flows into Lake Teletskoye. It freezes up during late Oc ...
confluence.
The river starts on the plateau west to the lower Bashkaus valley and for the first it is a small stream flowing north. At the point where Chebdar valley swings east (towards Bashkaus), three large tributaries, each nearly the size of the main river, come in and make it paddleable. The last of these,
Synyrlu, has a trail along coming down to the confluence and this was reported as the optimal put-in.
After the Synyrlu confluence, the Chebdar flows in a narrow long gorge that cuts through all the way to Bashkaus. This section was reported as quite similar to the Lower Gorge of the Bashkaus, but narrower, tougher, steeper and with less water. Both banks are generally not passable, and there is significant rock fall danger especially during rainy weather.
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Kayaking in Russia
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