The Vorkuta (russian: Воркута) is a river in

Komi Republic The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of the ...

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. It is a right

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of the

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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The city

Vorkuta Vorkuta (russian: Воркута́; kv, Вӧркута, ''Vörkuta''; Nenets for "the abundance of bears", "bear corner") is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin at ...

lies on its banks.Воркута (река в Архангельской обл.)

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{{Reflist Rivers of the Komi Republic