The Ura (), also known as Kamenka () and Uksakan (), is a river in

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. 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

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Course

The Ura is a left

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of the Lena. It has its sources in the

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, to the southeast of the course of the Ergedey, the main tributary of the

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. The river heads in a roughly southwestern direction across

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wooded areas with scattered lakes. In its lower course it encounters a hilly area where it first bends west, and then again to the southwest, meeting the Lena from its mouth, southeast of the mouth of the Derba.

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The mouth of the Ura, having a picturesque

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rising above it, is a tourist attraction regularly visited by river cruisers ''Demyan Bedny'' and ''Mikhail Svetlov''. The Ura freezes yearly between October and May.

Fauna

Pike,

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and

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are found in the waters of the Ura.ВОДНОЕ ХОЗЯЙСТВО РОССИИ: ПРОБЛЕМЫ, ТЕХНОЛОГИИ, УПРАВЛЕНИЕ
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Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
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