Kamchatka River
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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Mouth
- Pacific Ocean
- Location
- Ust-Kamchatsk
- Length
- 758 km (471 mi)
- Basin size
- 55,900 km (21,600 sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Kamchatka River The Kamchatka (Russian: Камча́тка) is the longest river in Kamchatka peninsula, located in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. It flows into the Pacific Ocean at the town Ust-Kamchatsk, on the east coast of Kamchatka. It is 758 kilometres (471 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 55,900 square kilometres (21,600 sq mi). The river is rich with salmon, millions of which spawn yearly and which once supported the settlements of the native Itelmen.
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