The Barnaulka (russian: Барнаулка) is a river in
Altai Krai
Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...
,
Russia
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. The river is long and has a catchment area of .
The basin of the river is located in the
Rebrikhinsky,
Shipunovsky and
Pavlovsky districts. The city of
Barnaul
Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As ...
is named after the river. The Barnaulka suffers from the impact of pollutants released by industrial activity along its course.
Effect of Anthropogenic Pollution on Macrozoobenthos Structure in Barnaulka River (Upper Ob Basin)
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Course
The Barnaulka is a left tributary
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of the Ob river
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The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's List of rivers by length, seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya (river), Biya ...
. It has its sources in Zerkalnoye, a lake with a surface lying to the west of Aleysk
Aleysk (russian: Але́йск) is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Aley River ( Ob's tributary), southwest of Barnaul. Population: 32,000 (1968).
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divis ...
. The upper course of the river is a chain of lakes connected by marshy canals located in the Ob Plateau
The Ob Plateau ( rus, Приобское плато, ''Priobskoye Plato''), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it falls within Altai Krai and Novosibirsk Oblast, Siberian Federal District, Russia. The plateau is named after ...
(Приобское плато). There are numerous swamps and smaller lakes in its basin. The Barnaulka flows in a roughly northeastern direction. Finally it meets the left bank of the Ob at Barnaul
Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As ...
, from the Ob's mouth.
Tributaries
The longest tributary of the Barnaulka is the long Vlasikha (Власиха) on the left. The river is largely fed by groundwater. It is frozen between November and April.Google Earth
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See also
*Inland port
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Examples
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*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
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Rivers of Altai Krai
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