Inflows of the Urals: a description

The king makes a retinue, and the big rivers are tributaries. They fill the main channel with water, form its pool and coastline. The number of them can vary from one to several tens. All the tributaries of the Urals are inferior to it in length. Between themselves, they are divided into left and right in the direction of the current.

Ural

The ancient name of the Urals is Yaik. So it was called until January 15, 1775, until by its decree the Russian Empress Catherine II renamed the river. The reason was Pugachev's revolt, after its suppression, many geographical names of that area were changed to erase from the people's memory any mention of it.

The river occupies the third place in Europe along the length, ahead only the Danube and the Volga. It is the second largest water artery that feeds the Caspian Sea. The source of the Urals is located on the slope of the Round Hill (Uraltau Ridge, Bashkortostan) at an altitude of 637 meters. The first tributaries of the Urals - on the left an unnamed river, on the right Chagan (one of the largest) flow less than a kilometer from the source. Their total number is 82: 44 - right, 38 - left.

The length of the main channel is 2428 kilometers. In Russia it flows through the territory first of Bashkortostan, then along the Chelyabinsk and Orenburg regions. And in the latter, the Ural passes most of the Russian road 1164 km. In Kazakhstan, it carries its waters through the Atyrau and West Kazakhstan regions for 1,082 kilometers.

The area of the basin (the river itself , its delta, the tributaries of the Urals, the reservoir) is 231,000 km ² . The Upper Ural resembles a shallow mountain river (up to 1.5 m), up to 80 meters wide. From Verkhne-Uralsk acquires a flat character. Then to Orsk, making its way through the rocky coast, it abounds with ruts. After the right tributary of the river Sakmara calms down, it finds a wide meandering channel with a calm current.

Rights

If you look at the map, the river looks like a curved tree with a thickening in the middle and short branches. The length of most tributaries is not more than 20 kilometers. The right tributaries of the Ural River, although they exceed the number of leftists, are inferior to the total volume of water. To large rivers are (length in km):

• Guberlya - 111;
• Small Dogwood - 113;
• Irtek - 134;
• Tanalyk - 225;
• Chagan - 264;
• Great Cornel - 172;
• Sakmara - 798.

The largest right tributary of the Urals is Sakmara. In addition to the fact that the river has a decent length, it has numerous tributaries of the second order. It flows practically parallel to the main channel. Its upper course is typical for mountain rivers with high steep banks, the middle and lower resemble a broad, calm, flat river.

The list of right tributaries:

Left

The largest left tributaries are (length is in km):

• Zingike -102;
• The Big Karaganka - 111;
• Urta-Burta - 115;
• Gumbayka - 202;
• Bolshoy Kumak - 212;
• Chest - 174;
• Ory - 332;
• Ilek - 623.

The left tributary of the Ural River - Ilek - originates in the Mutogar mountains (South Kazakhstan). Near the river, a well-developed valley has two terraces above the floodplain, rich in numerous lakes-starets and streams. The total area of the basin is 41300 km ² , the annual rate of water flow is about 1500 m ³ , the water flow is on average 40 m³ / s. Ilek is a typical steppe river with a pronounced spring high water. The largest left tributary of the Urals, despite the huge catchment area, does not pretend to be the most prolific one.

Left tributaries:

Using

The Urals is not a navigable river. The main direction of its use is tourism and fishing. The tributaries of the Urals are not inferior to the main stream of beauty and the presence of fish, they are read almost 30 species. A lot of tourist bases are built on the banks.

Educated by the river, the lakes attract the attention of lovers of wild recreation. Beautiful sandy beaches, calm quiet water and excellent fishing will satisfy any requests.

Magnitogorsk and Khalilovsky metallurgical plants use the waters of the Urals in their work. Near the village of Iriklinskaya built a hydroelectric power station. In agriculture it is used for irrigation of fields.