| Kamchatka | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Meanders_of_Kamchatka_river.jpg) Meanders | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Russia_rel_location_map.png)  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Ust-Kamchatsk |
• coordinates | 56°12′12″N 162°29′04″E / 56.2032°N 162.4844°E |
| Length | 758 km (471 mi) |
| Basin size | 55,900 km2 (21,600 sq mi) |
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The Kamchatka (Russian: Камча́тка) is the longest river in Kamchatka peninsula, located in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. It flows into the Pacific Ocean at the town Ust-Kamchatsk, on the east coast of Kamchatka. It is 758 kilometres (471 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 55,900 square kilometres (21,600 sq mi).[1] The river is rich with salmon, millions of which spawn yearly and which once supported the settlements of the native Itelmen.[2]
- ^ "Река Камчатка, Озёрная Камчатка in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Map 3.7 (Kamchatka) Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine from the series prepared for the INSROP (International Northern Sea Route Programme) Working Paper No. 90 Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine in 1997.