The Kasmala (russian: Касмала) is a river in
Altai Krai,
Russia
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. The river is long and has a catchment area of .
The basin of the river is located in the
Rebrikhinsky and
Pavlovsky districts.
Kasmala rural locality is named after the river.
Course
The Kasmala is a left
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Ob river
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The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins ...
. It has its sources in lake Seleznevo-Borovskoye, in a swampy area of the
Ob Plateau
The Ob Plateau ( rus, Приобское плато, ''Priobskoye Plato''), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it falls within Altai Krai and Novosibirsk Oblast, Siberian Federal District, Russia. The plateau is named after ...
. The river flows in a roughly northeastern direction. Finally it meets the left bank of the Ob at
Kasmala, from the Ob's mouth.
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Tributaries
The longest tributary of the Kasmala is the long Borovlyanka (Боровлянка) on the left. The river is frozen between November and April.
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
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Rivers of Altai Krai
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