Yuryuzan River
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Yuryuzan River is a river
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 the Republic of Bashkortostan
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 Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast
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 in Russia
Russia
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, a left tributary
Tributary
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 of the Ufa River
Ufa River
Ufa River is a river in the Urals, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, and the Republic of Bashkortostan; a tributary of the Belaya River. It is 918 km in length. The area of the basin is 53,100 km². It freezes up between late October and early December and stays under the ice until...

 (Kama
Kama River
Kama is a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than the Volga before junction....

 basin
Drainage basin
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). The length of the river is 404 kilometres (251 mi). The area of its basin is 7240 square kilometres (2,795.4 sq mi). The Yuryuzan River flows into the Pavlovskoye Reservoir near Karaidel. It freezes up in the second half of October – early December and stays under the ice until April. The river is navigable within the first 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) of its estuary
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....

. The towns of Yuryuzan
Yuryuzan (town)
Yuryuzan is a town in Katav-Ivanovsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River , from Chelyabinsk and from the closed town of Tryokhgorny. Population:...

 and Ust-Katav
Ust-Katav
Ust-Katav is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River. Population: -Transport:Ust-Katav is situated near the Transsiberian Railway, as well as the M5 "Ural" motorway.-Industry:...

 are located on the Yuryuzan River. The Yuryuzan River is very popular river for easy rafting.

The name of the river originates from the Bashkir language
Bashkir language
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and means "The big river".
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