Belaya (Angara)

Belaya
Белая
Belaya (Angara) is located in Irkutsk Oblast
Belaya (Angara)
Mouth location in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source(Bolshaya Belaya),
Eastern Sayan
 • elevationca 2,100 m (6,900 ft)
MouthAngara
 • location
Bratsk Reservoir
 • coordinates
52°55′01″N 103°39′26″E / 52.9169°N 103.6572°E / 52.9169; 103.6572
 • elevation
ca 400 m (1,300 ft)
Length359 km (223 mi)
Basin size18,000 km2 (6,900 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionAngaraYeniseyKara Sea

The Belaya (Russian: Бе́лая,[1] Exe Bülen) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia in Russia, The area of its basin is 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).[2]

There are nephrite and graphite deposits in the Belaya basin.

  1. ^ Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 42
  2. ^ "Река Белая (Большая Белая) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).