The Ichera (russian: Ичера or Ичёра) 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 ...

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. It is a tributary of the

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with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows across an uninhabited area of the

Kirensky District Kirensky District (russian: Ки́ренский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13 Municipally, it is incorporated as Kirensky Municipal Di ...

. Ichera village is located by the left bank of the Lena, a little upstream from the confluence.

Course

The Ichera is a left

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of the Lena. It is formed in the western part of the

Lena Plateau The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau ( rus, Приленское плато, ''Prilenskoye Plato''; sah, Өлүөнэтээҕи хаптал хайалаах сир), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is m ...

. The river heads in a roughly southeastern direction across a

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area. Finally it meets the Lena from its mouth, downstream from the mouth of the

Pilyuda The Pilyuda (russian: Пилюда) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows across an uninhabited area of the Kirensky District. Orlova village is loc ...

. Google Earth The largest tributaries of the Ichera are the long Maly Rassokha, the long

Demyanka The Demyanka (russian: Демьянка) is a river in the Omsk Oblast and Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Irtysh. The river's source lies in the Vasyugan Swamp.

and the long Turpa that join it from the left, as well as the long Levaya Rassokha from the right. The river freezes yearly between October and May.

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река Ичера
{{Portal bar, Russia Central Siberian Plateau Rivers of Irkutsk Oblast

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