Angara

Also known as Angara River

The Angara (; ) or Angar ( мүрэн) is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisey. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . It was formerly known as the Lower or Nizhnyaya Angara (distinguishing it from the Upper Angara). Below its junction with the Ilim, it was formerly known as the Upper Tunguska (, Verhnyaya Tunguska, distinguishing it from the Lower Tunguska) and, with the names reversed, as the Lower Tunguska.

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The Angara is a major river in Siberia that flows out of Lake Baikal through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai regions before joining the Yenisey River. It is historically and geographically significant as the primary water outlet from Lake Baikal and serves as an important tributary in Siberia's river system.

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Key facts

River.name: Angara
River.image: Косой бык - panoramio.jpg
River.map: Yeniseirivermap.png
River.mapframe: yes
River.mapframe zoom: 4
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Russia
River.subdivision_type2: Regions
River.subdivision_name2: Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai
River.length: to
River.discharge1_location: Confluence of the Yenisey (near mouth)
River.discharge1_avg: to
River.source1: Lake Baikal
River.source1_location: Baykal, Irkutsk Oblast
River.mouth: Yenisey
River.mouth_location: Lesosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai
River.basin_size: to

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 75
Image: Angara-Bratsk.jpg
Length: 1779

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Commons category: Angara River
watershed area: 1039000
discharge: 4518
native label: Ангара

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Course
Dams and reservoirs
Navigation
Tributaries
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
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==Course== Leaving Lake Baikal near the settlement of Listvyanka, the Angara flows north past the Irkutsk Oblast cities of Irkutsk, Angarsk, Bratsk, and Ust-Ilimsk. It then crosses the Angara Range and turns west, entering Krasnoyarsk Krai, and joining the Yenisey near Strelka, south-east of Lesosibirsk.