Chumysh

53°32′25″N 83°10′04″E / 53.54028°N 83.16778°E / 53.54028; 83.16778Length644 km (400 mi)Basin size23,900 km² (9,200 sq mi)Basin featuresProgressionOb→ Kara Sea

The Chumysh (Russian: Чумыш) is a river in Russia, a right branch of the Ob River.^[1] It enters the Ob 88 kilometres (55 mi) downriver from Barnaul. The Chumysh begins at the confluence of the Kara-Chumysh and the Tom-Chumysh rivers in Kemerovo Oblast. The Chumysh is 644 kilometres (400 mi) long, and it drains a basin of 23,900 square kilometres (9,200 sq mi).^[2]

About 68 percent of its right-side basin is known as the Salair Ridge (Russian: Салаирский кряж) and the Pre-Salair plains.

Main tributaries

Left

• Kara-Chumysh (Кара-Чумыш), length 173 kilometres (107 mi)
• Sary-Chumysh (Сары-Чумыш), length 98 kilometres (61 mi)
• Kashkaragaikha (Кашкарагаиха), length 84 kilometres (52 mi)
• Taraba (Тараба), length 70 kilometres (43 mi)
• Yama (Яма), length 67 kilometres (42 mi)
• Angurep (Ангуреп), length 48 kilometres (30 mi)

Right

• Tom-Chumysh (Томь-Чумыш), length 110 kilometres (68 mi)
• Uksunay (Уксунай), length 165 kilometres (103 mi)
• Alambay (Аламбай), length 140 kilometres (87 mi)
• Sungay (Сунгай), length 103 kilometres (64 mi)
• Talmenka (Тальменка), length 99 kilometres (62 mi)
• Kamenka (Каменка), length 78 kilometres (48 mi)

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