The Purpe (russian: Пурпе) - is a river in

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO; russian: Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг (ЯНАО), ; yrk, Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ) or Yamalia (russian: Ямалия) is a fe ...

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. It is the left tributary of the

Pyakupur The Pyakupur (russian: Пякупур) is a river in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, the left source river of the Pur. The length of the Pyakupur is 542 km. The area of its basin is 31,400 km2., erroneously called "Ayvaseda" The ...

The Purpe is long. The area of the watershed is . The most significant tributary is the Puritey (left). Flooding normally begins in May, sometimes at the end of April, peaking in two weeks and will end in the second half of June. The average duration of approximately two months, from mid-May to mid-July. The biggest difference between the water level in the lower reaches is approximately . The average water flow is about , and the total annual runoff is about , of which half runs during floods. In summer and autumn are generally low rainfall floods. The most abounding month - June, the low - March and April. River freezes usually in the second - the third decade of October, an average of 18 - 20 numbers, opened at the end of May. Freeze and an autopsy is accompanied by short ice. The average length of ice about 220 days. The average thickness of the ice at the end of winter 80 – 85 cm River are some deposits of hydrocarbon raw materials (Umseyskoe, Gubkinskoe, Purpeyskoe Southern, Eastern Purpeyskoe, Novopur-peyskoe, Komsomolskaya, North Komsomolskaya etc.)

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Rivers of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug {{Russia-river-stub