The Tayura (russian: Таюра) 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 Nizh ...
,
Russia
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. It is a tributary of the
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
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with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river is crossed by the
Baikal-Amur Mainline and the interregional highway 25K-258
Ust-Kut
Ust-Kut (russian: Усть-Кут) is a town and the administrative center of Ust-Kutsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Located on a western loop of the Lena River, the town s ...
-
Severobaikalsk.
The Tayura basin is one of the areas of Russia traditionally inhabited by
Evenks. The abandoned Evenk settlement of Aitkan was located by the river, east of
Omoloy
The Omoloy (russian: Омолой sah, Омолой) is a river in Siberia, flowing into the Laptev Sea east of the river Lena. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Administratively the basin of the Omoloy is part of the Sakha (Yakutia) adm ...
village on the Lena.
Course
The Tayura is a right
tributary
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of the Lena flowing to the north of
Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...
. It has its sources in the northern part of the
Lena-Angara Plateau at the confluence of the Left Tayura and Right Tayura, west of the valley of the
Khanda (Kirenga)
Khanda may refer to:
Places
* Khanda, Sonipat, a very big and historical village in Sonipat district of Haryana, India
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. It flows northwards across mountainous territory and in its lower course roughly parallel to the Lena. Finally the Tayura meets the right bank of the Lena downstream from
Ust-Kut
Ust-Kut (russian: Усть-Кут) is a town and the administrative center of Ust-Kutsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Located on a western loop of the Lena River, the town s ...
, the administrative center of
Ust-Kutsky District
Ust-Kutsky District (russian: Усть-Ку́тский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the administrative divisions of Irkutsk Oblast, thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13 Subdivisi ...
, from its mouth.
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Flora and fauna
The vegetation of the Tayura river basin is characterized by the typical mountain taiga
Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruce ...
of the Lena-Angara Plateau. Permafrost
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is prevalent in the river basin.
See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into ...
References
External links
Река Таюра, Звездный, Иркутская область
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Rivers of Irkutsk Oblast