The Belaya (russian: Бе́лая,
Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ
Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 42 ) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and N ...
and Buryatia in Russia
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, The area of its basin is .nephrite
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and graphite
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deposits in the Belaya basin.
Course
The river is a left tributary
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of the Angara, which flows into the Bratsk Reservoir
Bratsk Reservoir (russian: Бра́тское водохрани́лище, ''Bratskoye Reservoir'') is a reservoir on the Angara River, located in the Lena-Angara Plateau of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is named after the city of Bratsk, the larges ...
. It is formed at the confluence of the Bolshaya Belaya (Big Belaya)[ and Malaya Belaya (Little Belaya). Its length is from the source of Bolshaya Belaya in the Belskye Goltsy of the ]Eastern Sayan
The Sayan Mountains (russian: Саяны ''Sajany''; mn, Соёны нуруу, ''Soyonï nurû''; otk, 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤, Kögmen) are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia (Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva Republic ...
. Not including the latter the length is .[Белая - Water of Russia]
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Besides the Malaya Belaya, the main tributary is the Urik. There are about 400 lakes in the basin. The Belaya freezes up in October or November and stays under ice until April or May.[
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
Географические названия Восточной Сибири
at nature.baikal.ru
Rivers of Irkutsk Oblast
Rivers of Buryatia
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