The Tutura (russian: Тутура) 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 ...

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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 settlement of Chikan is located by the Tutura, near the confluence with the Chikan river, its main tributary. Other inhabited places near the river are

Tutura The Tutura (russian: Тутура) 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 settlement of Chikan is located by the Tutura, near the confluence with the Chikan rive ...

and Kelora. The Tutura basin is one of the areas of Russia traditionally inhabited by

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Course

The Tutura is a right

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of the Lena which flows across the

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. It has its sources in the Bolshoy Tutura Lake,

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, to the NNE of

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. It flows first westwards, then in its middle course it heads in a roughly northern direction across the highland area. In its lower reaches its channel widens and near Chikan village it turns WSW,

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ing across a

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. Finally the Tutura meets the right bank of the Lena by

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, the administrative center of Zhigalovsky District, from its mouth.

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The largest tributaries of the Tutura are the long Chikan and the long Kelora from the right. The river freezes between October and May. Summer floods are a common occurrence.

Flora and fauna

The vegetation of the Tutura river basin is characterized by mountain

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is prevalent in the river basin. The main fish species in the river are

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, asp,

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, whitefish,

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and

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References

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Course

Flora and fauna

See also

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