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Also known as Yuryuzan', Yuryuzan River

river in Bashkiria and Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Key facts

Country
Russia
Location
Yamantau , South Urals
Coordinates
54°17′39″N 58°14′28″E / 54.29417°N 58.24111°E / 54.29417; 58.24111
Elevation
960 m (3,150 ft)
Mouth
Pavlovskoye Reservoir
Length
404 km (251 mi)
Basin size
7,240 km (2,800 sq mi)
Average
55 m /s (1,900 cu ft/s)
Progression
‹See Tfd› Ufa → ‹See Tfd› Belaya → ‹See Tfd› Kama → ‹See Tfd› Volga → Caspian Sea

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

The Yuryuzan (/jʊərjuˈzɑːn/; Russian: Юрюзань; Bashkir: Йүрүҙән, romanized: Yürüźən) is a river in the Republic of Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Ufa (Kama basin). The length of the river is 404 kilometers (251 mi). The area of its basin is 7,240 square kilometers (2,800 sq mi).

The name of the river originates from the Bashkir language and means "The big river".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yuryuzan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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