The Berd (russian: Бердь) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the
Ob.
The Berd begins on the western slopes of the
Salair ridge
Salair Ridge (pronounced ''sah-lah-EER''; russian: Салаирский кряж) 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 A ...
, flows 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 ...
territory and the rest in
Novosibirsk Oblast
Novosibirsk Oblast (russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, ''Novosibirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk ...
. The river empties into the
Novosibirsk Reservoir
Novosibirsk Reservoir or Novosibirskoye Reservoir (russian: Новосиби́рское водохрани́лище), informally called the Ob Sea (), is the largest artificial lake in Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai, Russian Federation ...
, which submerged of the original Berd river after construction.
The Berd is long and was formerly long. Its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
covers .
The
Ik is a tributary flowing into it from the north. Another river flowing into it is the
Anfimov Mocheg.
Discharge averages . Ice forms on the river in the first weeks of November and breaks apart in mid-April.
Naming, it is thought, is from
Turkic languages
The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic languag ...
"Berdi" with the meaning of "given".
Two cities,
Berdsk
Berdsk (russian: Бердск) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. A suburb of Novosibirsk, it is on the Berd River. In the 2010 Russian census, its population was
Geography
Berdsk is on the Berd River. Open land is south of the town and a ...
and
Iskitim
Iskitim (russian: Искити́м) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Berd River. Population:
History
In 1717, four villages were documented on the site of the future city: Koinovo, Shipunovo, Chernodyrovo and Vylkovo.
In ...
, are along the river.
References
External links
"Variety of the underwater and maritime vegetation for Berd river", "Some ecological problems of the Berd river and their solution approach", P.M.Kipriyanova{{in lang, ru
Rivers of Novosibirsk Oblast
Rivers of Altai Krai