Angara

Angara
Location
CountryRussia
RegionsIrkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Baikal
 • locationBaykal, Irkutsk Oblast
 • coordinates51°52′01″N 104°49′05″E / 51.867°N 104.818°E / 51.867; 104.818
 • elevation389 m (1,276 ft)
MouthYenisey
 • location
Lesosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai
 • coordinates
58°06′07″N 92°59′28″E / 58.102°N 92.991°E / 58.102; 92.991
 • elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Length1,849 km (1,149 mi)[1] to 1,779 km (1,105 mi)[2]
Basin size1,039,000 km2 (401,000 sq mi)[1] to 1,056,000 km2 (408,000 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationConfluence of the Yenisey (near mouth)
 • average4,530 m3/s (160,000 cu ft/s) to 4,980 m3/s (176,000 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
ProgressionYeniseyKara Sea
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The Angara (Russian: Ангара́, [ənɡɐˈra]; Buryat: Ангар, Angar, lit. "Cleft"[citation needed]) is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisey.[3] It is 1,849 kilometres (1,149 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,039,000 square kilometres (401,000 sq mi).[1] It was formerly known as the Lower or Nizhnyaya Angara (distinguishing it from the Upper Angara).[4] Below its junction with the Ilim, it was formerly known as the Upper Tunguska (Russian: Верхняя Тунгуска, Verhnyaya Tunguska, distinguishing it from the Lower Tunguska)[5][6] and, with the names reversed, as the Lower Tunguska.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Река Ангара in the State Water Register of Russia". verum.wiki (in Russian).
  2. ^ a b c "Yenisey River".
  3. ^ "Angara River". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
  4. ^ EB (1878).
  5. ^ ВЕРХНЯЯ ТУНГУСКА (Verkhnyaya Tunguska, in the dictionary of Russia's place names).
  6. ^ Tunguska, in Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
  7. ^ See, e.g., the 1773 Kitchen map above.