| Bolshaya | |
|---|---|
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| Native name | Большая (Russian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kamchatka Krai |
| District | Yelizovsky District, Ust-Bolsheretsky District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sea of Okhotsk |
• coordinates | 52°43′32″N 156°13′12″E / 52.725420°N 156.220058°E |
| Length | 275 km (171 mi) |
| Basin size | 10,800 km2 (4,200 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| State Water Register | 19080000212120000025788 |
The Bolshaya (Russian: Большая,[1] upstream from its confluence with the Plotnikova: Быстрая Bystraya)[2] is a river in the western Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It is used for spawning by various species of Pacific salmon. The Bolshaya (including its upper course Bystraya) is 275 kilometres (171 mi) long and has a catchment area of 10,800 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi).[3]
- ^ 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. 52
- ^ Большая (река на Камчатке), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ "Река Большая, Быстрая in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).