Belaya (Penzhina)

The Belaya (Russian: Белая) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. The length of the river is 304 kilometres (189 mi) and the area of is drainage basin 13,800 square kilometres (5,300 sq mi).[1] It is the most important tributary of the Penzhina, followed by the Oklan.

Belaya
Белая
Эссовеем — Пальматкина
Belaya (Penzhina) is located in Kamchatka Krai
Belaya (Penzhina)
Mouth location in Kamchatka Krai
Location
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKamchatka Krai
DistrictPenzhinsky District
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationVaeg Range
Koryak Highlands
 • coordinates62°46′13″N 169°32′25″E
MouthPenzhina
 • coordinates
62°29′52″N 166°20′07″E
Length304 km (189 mi)
Basin size13,800 km2 (5,300 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average138 m3/s (4,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionPenzhina → Sea of Okhotsk

Course

The Belaya has its source as the Palmatkina in the western slopes of the Vaeg Range, in the center of the Koryak Highlands. It is joined by the Essoveyem from the left and flows roughly southwestwards skirting the southeastern limits of the Penzhina Range, draining the Parapolsky Dol, a plain between both ranges. It approaches the Penzhina in a swampy floodplain with numerous small lakes. Finally it meets the left bank of the Penzhina upstream from Kamenskoye.[2][3][1][4]

The river is fed by snow and rain. It freezes between mid October and mid May. The largest tributaries are the Vetvistaya from the right, and the Khonteklyakkuul, Umkavylkuul, Imlan, Kuyuln, Tundrovaya, Essoveem (Evytkenveem), Gaychaveem (Ilgilkhivayam) and Bolshoy Upupkin from the left. There are 4,844 lakes in the river basin with a total area of 176 km2 (68 sq mi).[1]

Basin of the Penzhina with its two main tributaries

See also

References
  1. Water of Russia - Белая
  2. "Топографска карта P-57_58 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  3. Google Earth
  4. Белая (река в Камчатской обл.). Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vols.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978
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