The Ingoda (; mn, Ингэдэй, ''Ingedei''; bua, Ангида, ''Angida'') 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 wate ...
in
Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. "Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) t ...
of
Russia
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. The river is long and the area of its
basin is .
Geography
In its upper course it flows at the feet of the
Khentei Range
The Khentei Range ( rus, Хэнтэй) is a mountain range in the Transbaikal Region (Zabaykalsky Krai) of Siberia, Russia.
The range is part of the Trans-Baikal conifer forests ecoregion. The Sokhondo Nature Reserve is located in the area of ...
.
Together with the
Onon
Onon may refer to:
* Onon (river), river in Mongolia and Russia
* Onon, Khentii, town in the Khentii Province of Mongolia
* Onon (crater), crater on Mars named after the river
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, it forms the
Shilka. The Ingoda freezes in early November and stays frozen until late April. The city of
Chita lies at the confluence of the Ingoda and the
Chitinka
The Chitinka (russian: Читинка, also Чита ''Chita'') is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Ingoda (in Amur's drainage basin). It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river has its sources in the ...
. A major portion of the
Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...
lies along the Ingoda valley. The name derives from the
Evenki word ''ingakta'' which means "river with pebbly and sandy banks".
[E.M. Pospelov, ''Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira'' (Moscow: Russkie slovari, 1998), p. 169.] Lake
Kenon, located in the western outskirts of Chita, is part of the Ingoda river basin.
[Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Кенон, озеро]
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See also
* Chersky Range (Transbaikalia)
The Chersky Range ( rus, Хребет Черского) is a mountain range in the Transbaikal Region (Zabaykalsky Krai) of Siberia, Russia. The range rises east of the city of Chita. It is named after explorer Jan Czerski and was formerly known ...
References
Rivers of Zabaykalsky Krai
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