Tanalyk River
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Tanalyk River is a river in Bashkortostan
and Orenburg Oblast
in Russia
, a right tributary of the Ural River
. The length of the river is 225 km, the area of its drainage basin
is 4,160 km². The Tanalyk freezes up in the second half of October - November and remains icebound until April. A town of Baymak
is located on the Tanalyk River.
Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan , also known as Bashkiria is a federal subject of Russia . It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is the city of Ufa...
and Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkalov...
in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, a right tributary of the Ural River
Ural River
The Ural or Jayıq/Zhayyq , known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan. It arises in the southern Ural Mountains and ends at the Caspian Sea. Its total length is 1,511 mi making it the third longest river in Europe after the Volga and the Danube...
. The length of the river is 225 km, the area of its drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
is 4,160 km². The Tanalyk freezes up in the second half of October - November and remains icebound until April. A town of Baymak
Baymak
Baymak is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Tanalyk River south of Ufa. Population: It was founded in 1913; town status was granted to it in 1938.-Demographics:...
is located on the Tanalyk River.