Angara River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Anagara River |
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| Elevation | 456 m (1,496 ft) |
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| Mouth | Yenisei River |
| Length | 1,779 km (1,105 mi) |
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| - average | 3,416 m³/s (120,635 cu ft/s) |
The Angara is a river in Siberia, Russia, close to the Jenissei. It is nearly 1.779 km long. It flows out of Lake Baikal and into the Jenissei. A big city on the river is Irkutsk.
Images for kids
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The Bratsk Dam
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Embankment of the Angara in Irkutsk
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The Angara at Talzy, near Lake Baikal
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The historical significance of the Angara and the Ilim as water routes is attested by a chain of villages along them (many of which, as well as the town of Ilimsk, were flooded by modern dams) on this map from 1773. Note that the lower course of the Angara is labeled as Nizhnyaya Tunguska – the name which is currently applied to another river
See also
In Spanish: Río Angará para niños
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