Tungir River
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The Tungir () is a river in Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the third largest tributary of the Olyokma in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The Tungir is known as the Shiroky Brook (ручей Широкий) in its uppermost stretch. Almost all of its basin is in the Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands area.
Key facts
- River.name
- Tungir
- River.other_name
- Shiroky Brook
- River.image
- Tungir ONCt E-8.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Course of the Tungir
- River.source1
- Tungir RangeOlyokma-Stanovik Highlands
- River.mouth
- Olyokma
- River.mouth_location
- Near Srednyaya Olyokma
- River.progression
- Olyokma→
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
- River.subdivision_type2
- Federal subject
- River.subdivision_name2
- Zabaykalsky Krai
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- Russia Zabaykalsky Krai
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- Mouth location in Transbaikalia, Russia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Zabaykalsky Krai
- Continent
- Asia
- Elevation
- 501
- Length
- 500
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Olyokma
- watershed area
- 14700
- discharge
- 90
- origin of the watercourse
- Yablonoi Mountains
- Commons category
- Tungir River
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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The Tungir () is a river in Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the third largest tributary of the Olyokma in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The Tungir is known as the Shiroky Brook (ручей Широкий) in its uppermost stretch. Almost all of its basin is in the Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands area.
The river is a destination for rafting and tourism. There are two settlements by the river, Tupik and Gulya.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tungir River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations