Chumysh River
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The Chumysh is a river
in Russia
, right branch of the Ob River
(flows in Ob 88 km down from Barnaul
). River starts from two rivers - Kara-Chumysh and Tom-Chumysh in Kemerovo Oblast
. Length - 644 km, water basin - 23,900 km2.
About 68% of its right-side basin is known as Salair ridge
and Pre-Salair plains.
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in Russia
Russia
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, right branch of the Ob River
Ob River
The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...
(flows in Ob 88 km down from Barnaul
Barnaul
-Russian Empire:Barnaul was one of the earlier cities established in Siberia. Originally chosen for its proximity to the mineral-rich Altai Mountains and its location on a major river, the site was founded by the wealthy Demidov family in the 1730s. In addition to the copper which had originally...
). River starts from two rivers - Kara-Chumysh and Tom-Chumysh in Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast , also known as Kuzbass after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia, where the West Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian mountains...
. Length - 644 km, water basin - 23,900 km2.
About 68% of its right-side basin is known as Salair ridge
Salair Ridge
Salair Ridge is an eroded plateau-type highland in the Southwestern Siberia, Russia, particularly in Altai Krai, Kemerovo and Novosibirsk Oblast. It is a natural continuation of Altai Mountains and separates the Kuznetsk Depression from the Ob River Plain to the southwest. See Geography of...
and Pre-Salair plains.
Left arms
- Kara-Chumysh River , length 173 km
- Sary-Chumysh , length 98 km
- Kashkaragaikha River , length 84 km
- Taraba River , length 70 km
- Yama River , length 67 km
- Angurep River , length 48 km
Right arms
- Tom-Chumysh River , length 110 km
- Uksunay River , length 165 km
- Alambay River , length 140 km
- Sungay River , length 103 km
- Talmenka River , length 99 km
- Kamenka River , length 78 km