Tutura Тутура | |
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Mouth location in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia | |
Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bolshoy Tutura Lake |
• location | Lena-Angara Plateau |
• coordinates | 54°25′54″N 105°01′52″E / 54.43167°N 105.03111°E |
• elevation | 851 m (2,792 ft) |
Mouth | Lena |
• location | Zhigalovo |
• coordinates | 54°47′31″N 105°14′13″E / 54.79194°N 105.23694°E |
• elevation | 421 m (1,381 ft) |
Length | 222 km (138 mi) |
Basin size | 7,300 km2 (2,800 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 35 m3/s (1,200 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Lena→ Laptev Sea |
The Tutura (‹See Tfd›Russian: Тутура) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of 222 kilometres (138 mi) and a drainage basin area of 7,300 square kilometres (2,800 sq mi).[1]
The settlement of Chikan is located by the Tutura, near the confluence with the Chikan river, its main tributary. Other inhabited places near the river are Tutura and Kelora.[2] The Tutura basin is one of the areas of Russia traditionally inhabited by Evenks.[3]