The Vasyugan (russian: Васюга́н) is a river in the southern
West Siberian Plain
The West Siberian Plain (russian: За́падно-Сиби́рская равни́на ''Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina'') is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River ...
of
Russia
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. It is a
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 drainage ...
of the
Ob on the left side, and its course from its source in the
Vasyugan Swamp
The Vasyugan Swamp () is the largest swamp in the northern hemisphere as well as the largest peatland in the world. It is located in Russia, in southwestern Siberia.
The swamp is a major reservoir of fresh water for the region, and the Vasyugan ...
is entirely within the Kargasok district of
Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast (russian: То́мская о́бласть, ''Tomskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative cen ...
.
Statistics
The river is long
and is navigable upriver for from the
mouth
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. The Vasyugan drains a
basin of .
[ Average annual runoff: 345 m³ / c, 10.9 km³ / year.
Tributaries:
* Right hand: Yelizarovka, Petryak, Yershovka, Kalganak, Pyonorovka, ]Nyurolka
The Nyurolka is a river in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, a right tributary of the Vasyugan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
References
External links
Articlein the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is ...
, Zimnyaya, Chizhapka, Pasil, Silga, Naushka, Kochebilovka, Lozunga.
* Left hand: Bolshoy Petryak, Listvenka, Korovya, Staritsa, Garchak, Kyn, Glukhaya, Chertala, Yagylyakh, Yegolyakh, Olenyovka, Kelvat, Lontynyakh, Katylga, Cheremshanka, Prudovaya, Makhnya, Martynovka, Varingyogan, Yokhomyakh, Chebachya, Kacharma, Malaya Kuletka.
Municipalities (downstream from source): Novy Vasyugan Novy Vasyugan (russian: Новый Васюган) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Kargasoksky District of Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vasyugan River from Kargasok, the administrative center of the district. Population: 2,265 (2012 e ...
, Aypolovo, Novy Tevriz
Novy Tevriz (russian: Новый Тевриз) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Kargasoksky District of Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vasyugan River, from Kargasok, the administrative center of the district.
It was f ...
, Sredny Vasyugan
Sredny Vasyugan (russian: Средний Васюган) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Kargasoksky District of Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vasyugan River near its confluence with the Varinegan, and from Kargasok ...
, Staraya Beryozovka, Ust-Chizhapka, Naunak, Bolshaya Griva, Staroyugino, Novoyugino, Bondarka.
See also
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References
Literature
* Evseeva NS Geography of Tomsk region. (Natural conditions and resources). - Tomsk: TSU, 2001, 223 pp.
Rivers of Tomsk Oblast
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