Also known as Pur River
river in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Source
- Pyakupur
- Location
- near Muravlenko , Yamalia
- Coordinates
- 63°12′11″N 73°54′18″E / 63.203°N 73.905°E / 63.203; 73.905
- Elevation
- 111 m (364 ft)
- 2nd source
- Ayvasedapur
- Mouth
- Taz Estuary , Kara Sea
- Length
- 389 km (242 mi)
- Basin size
- 112,000 km (43,000 sq mi)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Pur (Russian: Пур) is a river in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It has a length of 389 kilometres (242 mi) —1,024 kilometres (636 mi) counting the length of the Pyakupur at its head. The area of its basin is 112,000 square kilometres (43,000 mi).
The Urengoy gas field and Gubkin gas and oil field are located in the basin of the Pur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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