The Vatinsky Yogan (russian: Ватинский Ёган) is a river in
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra (Russian and Mansi: Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ — Югра, ''Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug — Yugra;'' Khanty: Хӑнты-Мансийской Aвтономной ...
,
Russia
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. The river is long and has a catchment area of .
The Vatinsky Yogan flows across the
Central Siberian Plateau
The Central Siberian Plateau (russian: Среднесибирское плоскогорье, Srednesibirskoye ploskogorye; sah, Орто Сибиир хаптал хайалаах сирэ) is a vast mountainous area in Siberia, one of the Grea ...
. Its basin is located in the
Nizhnevartovsky District
Nizhnevartovsky District (russian: Нижнева́ртовский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #43-oz and municipalLaw #63-oz district (raion), one of the nine in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The area of the district is . Its ...
. Except for
Vysoky there are no permanent settlements along the course of the river, but there are important oil and gas deposits.
Course
The Vatinsky Yogan is a right
tributary
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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 List of rivers by length, seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya (river), Biya ...
. It has its sources in the southern slopes of the Agansky Yuval, a low hilly area of the
Siberian Uvaly
Siberian Uvaly (russian: Сибирские Увалы) is a hilly region in the central part of the West Siberian Plain, Russia.
A sector of the hills is a protected area under the name Upper Taz Nature Reserve, which was established in Decem ...
. The river flows slowly among swamps south of the
Tromyogan
The Tromyogan (russian: Тромъёган) is a river in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, a tributary of the Ob. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Course
The Tromyogan is a right tributary of the Ob river. It has its sources in ...
basin in an area of numerous small lakes. To the southeast lies the basin of the
Vakh
The Vakh () is a river in Khanty–Mansia, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Ob. The Vakh is long with a basin area of .
The river is a status B Ramsar wetland, nominated for designation as a Wetland of International Importance in 2000. ...
river. The Vatinsky Yogan heads generally in a western and southwestern direction and in its lower course it bends and flows for a stretch in a roughly WNW direction parallel to the Ob. Finally it meets the right bank of the Ob from its mouth. The channel of the river is so convoluted and has so many twists and bends, that even though the river is almost long, the distance between its source and its mouth in a straight line is barely .
The
Langepas
Langepas (russian: Лангепас; Khanty: Лӑңкипос, ''Lăŋkipos'') is a town in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population:
Geography
Langepas lies on the Kayukovskaya riverbank, north of the right bank of the Ob River, clos ...
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Nizhnevartovsk
Nizhnevartovsk ( rus, Нижневартовск, p=nʲɪʐnʲɪˈvartəfsk) is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia. Since the 1960s, the Western Siberian oil boom led to Nizhnevartovsk's rapid growth from a small settlement t ...
railway line passes along the river valley in its lower reaches.
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Tributaries
The main tributary of the Vatinsky Yogan is the long Kyrtyp-Yakh (Кыртып-Ях) on the right.
The river is fed mainly by snow and is frozen between October and May.
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''Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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'' in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff, russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Про́хоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-born Soviet-Russian physicist known ...
. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.(in Russian)
Flora
Swampy taiga
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predominates in the basin of the river.
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
FGC UES - Overhead line of Surgutskaya GRES-2
Rivers of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Central Siberian Plateau
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