The Belaya (; , ; tt-Cyrl, Агыйдел ) is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...

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. Its source lies in the south-western

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

. It is long, and 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, ...

covers .«Река БЕЛАЯ»
Russian State Water Registry Settlements along the Belaya include

Beloretsk Beloretsk (russian: Белоре́цк; ba, Белорет, ''Beloret'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the Belaya River, from Ufa. Population: History Town-factories were a peculiar phenomenon in the town- ...

, Sterlitamak,

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ...

(at the confluence with the river

), and

Birsk Birsk (russian: Бирск; ba, Бөрө, ''Börö''; tt-Cyrl, Бөре, ''Böre'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River, from Ufa, the capital of the republic. Population: Histor ...

. The Belaya flows into the

Kama ''Kama'' (Sanskrit ) means "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh literature.Monier Williamsकाम, kāmaMonier-Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary, pp 271, see 3rd column Kama often connotes sensual pleasure, sexual ...

near Neftekamsk.

Tributaries

The largest tributaries of the Belaya are, from source to mouth: * Tirlyan (right) * Nugush (right) * Ashkadar (left) * Kuganak (left) *

Zigan The Zigan ( ba, Егән, ''Yegän''; russian: Зиган), is a river in Bashkortostan, Russia, a right tributary of the Belaya. The river is long, and the area of its drainage basin is .Zilim (right) * Sim (right) * Urshak (left) *

(right) * Dyoma (left) * Chermasan (left) * Bir (right) * Bystry Tanyp (right) * Baza (left) * Syun (left)

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File:The Belaya River.jpg, The middle Belaya valley File:Капова пещера.jpg, The entrance to the

Kapova Cave , image = Капова пещера.jpg , image_size = 240 , alt =Kapova cave , caption = Kapova cave entrance , map_type = Russia , map_alt = Kapova cave , map_caption = Location in Russia , map_size = 240 , altitude_m = , altitude_ ...

File:Набережная реки Белой.jpg, The Belaya River in

Rivers of Bashkortostan {{Russia-river-stub

Tributaries

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