Bolshaya Pera | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Zeya |
• coordinates | 51°23′35″N 128°12′17″E / 51.3931°N 128.2048°E |
Length | 145 km (90 mi) |
Basin size | 4,400 km2 (1,700 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Zeya→ Amur→ Sea of Okhotsk |
The Bolshaya Pera (Russian: Большая Пера, also Большая Пёра Bolshaya Pyora)[1] is a river in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Zeya. It begins on the Amur–Zeya Plain northwest of the mountains it flows through the town of Shimanovsk and the Vostochny Cosmodrome. It flows into a branch of the Zeya near Svobodny. It is 145 kilometres (90 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 4,400 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi).[2] Its main tributaries are Dzhatva (57 km) and Malaya Pera (88 km) to the right and Ora (55 km) to the left.[3]