The Berd (russian: Бердь) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the
Ob.
The Berd begins on the western slopes of 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 o ...
, flows in
Altai Krai territory and the rest in
Novosibirsk Oblast
Novosibirsk Oblast (russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, ''Novosibirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibi ...
. The river empties into the
Novosibirsk Reservoir, which submerged of the original Berd river after construction.
The Berd is long and was formerly long. Its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
covers .
The
Ik is a tributary flowing into it from the north. Another river flowing into it is the
Anfimov Mocheg
Anfimov Mocheg is a river in the Maslyaninsky District of Novosibirsk Oblast. The river flows into the Berd
Berd ( hy, Բերդ) is a town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is located to the west of th ...
.
Discharge averages . Ice forms on the river in the first weeks of November and breaks apart in mid-April.
Naming, it is thought, is from
Turkic languages
The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic l ...
"Berdi" with the meaning of "given".
Two cities,
Berdsk
Berdsk (russian: Бердск) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. A suburb of Novosibirsk, it is on the Berd River. In the 2010 Russian census, its population was
Geography
Berdsk is on the Berd River. Open land is south of the town and ...
and
Iskitim, are along the river.
References
External links
"Variety of the underwater and maritime vegetation for Berd river", "Some ecological problems of the Berd river and their solution approach", P.M.Kipriyanova{{in lang, ru
Rivers of Novosibirsk Oblast
Rivers of Altai Krai