Bely Iyus is a river in the republic of Khakassia

Khakassia

The Republic of Khakassia or Khakasiya is a federal subject of Russia located in south-central Siberia. Its capital city is Abakan, which is also the largest city in the republic...

 in Russia

Russia

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. It is a right tributary of the Chulym River

Chulym River (Ob River)

The Chulym is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tomsk Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob River. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Chulym flows into the Ob in Ust-Chulym...

, and is 224 km long, with a drainage basin

Drainage basin

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 of 5370 km².

The Bely Iyus has its sources on the eastern of the Kuznetsky Alatau, at an elevation of 712 m. At the village of Maly Syutik it joins the Chorny Iyus (or Black Iyus), the left tributary of the Chulym. The Chulym together with the Bely Iyus is 2023 km in length, and is thus one of Siberias main rivers.

The village Iyus at (54.70022549345014, 89.77375030517578), see http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&q=reka+Chernyy+Iyus,+Republik+Chakassien,+Russland&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=13.878965,39.506836&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FdTXQQMdf6lPBQ&split=0&hq=&hnear=reka+Chernyy+Iyus&ll=54.678794,89.844818&spn=0.099843,0.308647&t=h&z=12