Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara River, Angara, Lena River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is ...
,
Russia
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. It is a tributary of the
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
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with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows across an uninhabited area of the
Kirensky District
Kirensky District () is an administrative district, one of the administrative divisions of Irkutsk Oblast, thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13 Subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, Municipally, ...
. Ichera village is located by the left bank of the Lena, a little upstream from the confluence.
Course
The Ichera is a left
tributary
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of the Lena. It is formed in the western part of the
Lena Plateau
The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau (; ), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is mostly within the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), with a small sector in the Irkutsk Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. T ...
. The river heads in a roughly southeastern direction across a
taiga
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area. Finally it meets the Lena from its mouth, downstream from the mouth of the
Pilyuda
The Pilyuda () is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows across an uninhabited area of the Kirensky District. Orlova village is located by the left bank ...
.
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The largest tributaries of the Ichera are the long Maly Rassokha, the long
Demyanka
The Demyanka () is a river in the Omsk Oblast and Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Irtysh. The river's source lies in the Vasyugan Swamp.Turpa that join it from the left, as well as the long Levaya Rassokha from the right. The river freezes yearly between October and May.
See also
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Lena Cheeks
The Lena Cheeks () is the name of a stretch of the Lena (river), Lena with peculiar rock formations in Kirensky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
This feature of the Lena basin is a tourist attraction regularly visited by river cruiser ''Mikhail S ...
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List of rivers of Russia
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