The Chumysh () is a river in Russia, a right branch 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 seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins ...
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It enters the Ob downriver from
Barnaul
Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As of the 2021 Census, its population was ...
. The Chumysh begins at the confluence of the Kara-Chumysh and the Tom-Chumysh rivers in
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...
. The Chumysh is long, and it drains a
basin of .
About 68 percent of its right-side basin is known as the
Salair Ridge
Salair Ridge (pronounced ''sah-lah-EER''; russian: Салаирский кряж) is an eroded plateau-type highland in the Southwestern Siberia, Russia, particularly in Altai Krai, Kemerovo and Novosibirsk Oblast. It is a natural continuation of A ...
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Main tributaries
Left
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Kara-Chumysh (), length
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Sary-Chumysh (), length
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Kashkaragaikha (), length
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* Taraba State
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The major towns along the River Tar ...
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Yama
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Angurep (), length
Right
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Tom-Chumysh (), length
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Uksunay (), length
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Alambay (), length
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Sungay (), length
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Talmenka (), length
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Kamenka (), length
References
Rivers of Kemerovo Oblast
Rivers of Altai Krai
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