Miass | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Iset |
• coordinates | 56°05′18″N 64°30′00″E / 56.0882°N 64.5°E |
Length | 658 km (409 mi) |
Basin size | 21,800 km2 (8,400 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Iset→ Tobol→ Irtysh→ Ob→ Kara Sea |
The Miass (Bashkir: Мейәс, Meyäs) is a river on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains in Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast and Kurgan Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Iset, part of the Irtysh basin.[1] It is 149 kilometres (93 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 13,700 square kilometres (5,300 sq mi).[2] The cities Chelyabinsk and Miass are located on the river.[1][3][4]