Tura (river)

Tura
Dolgaya (Russian: Долгая)
The Tura near Verkhoturye
Tura watershed
Native nameТура́ (Russian)
Location
CountryRussia
CitiesVerkhnyaya Tura, Nizhnyaya Tura, Verkhoturye, Turinsk, Tyumen
Physical characteristics
SourceUral Mountains
 • locationKhrebet-Ural'skii, Sverdlovsk Oblast
 • coordinates58°24′32″N 59°21′32″E / 58.409°N 59.359°E / 58.409; 59.359
 • elevation405 m (1,329 ft)
MouthTobol
 • location
Tarkhany, Tyumen Oblast
 • coordinates
57°12′20″N 66°57′10″E / 57.2055°N 66.9529°E / 57.2055; 66.9529
 • elevation
44 m (144 ft)
Length1,030 km (640 mi)
Basin size80,400 km2 (31,000 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionTobolIrtyshObKara Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftIs
 • rightSalda, Tagil, Nitsa, Pyshma
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The Tura (Russian: Тура́), also known as Dolgaya (Long River, Russian: Долгая) is a historically important Siberian river which flows eastward from the central Ural Mountains into the Tobol, a part of the Ob basin. The main town on it is Tyumen.