Pechora River
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Pechora River | |
Roushie: Печо́ра; Komi: Печӧра; Nenets: Санэроˮ яха | |
Boat on the Pechora River
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Name oreegin: The Roushie name o the river is a combination o twa wirds in an auld local Nenets dialect, "pe" & "chora". Leeterally it means “Forest dweller”.[1] | |
Kintra | Roushie |
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States | Komi Republic, Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
Tributaries | |
- left | Izhma River, Neritsa River, Pizhma River, Tsilma River, Sula River, Unya River, Northern Mylva River, Velyu River, Lemyu River, Kozhva River, Lyzha River |
- right | Ilych River, Podcherye River, Schugor River, Usa River, Laya River, Ersa River, Soz'va River, Shapkina River, Kuya River |
Ceeties | Naryan-Mar, Pechora, Ust-Tsilma |
Soorce | Ural Muntains |
- elevation | 630 m (2,067 ft) |
- coordinates | 62°12′N 59°26′E / 62.200°N 59.433°E |
Mooth | Arctic Ocean, Pechora Sea / Barents Sea |
- elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
- coordinates | 65°42′0″N 52°28′0″E / 65.70000°N 52.46667°ECoordinates: 65°42′0″N 52°28′0″E / 65.70000°N 52.46667°E |
Lenth | 1,809 km (1,124 mi) |
Basin | 322,000 km2 (124,000 sq mi) |
Discharge | for mooth (monthly average) |
- average | 4,100 m3/s (145,000 cu ft/s) [2] |
- max | 17,182 m3/s (607,000 cu ft/s) |
- min | 643 m3/s (23,000 cu ft/s) |
Pechora River catchment aurie an tributaries
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The Pechora River (Roushie: Печо́ра; Komi: Печӧра; Nenets: Санэроˮ яха) is a river in northwast Roushie which flaes north intae the Arctic Ocean on the wast side o the Ural Muntains. It lies maistly in the Komi Republic but the northrenmaist pairt crosses the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.