Bukhtarma River

Buchtarma

Course of Buchtarma ( Бухтарма ) in the southeast of the basin of the Irtysh

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The 336 km long Buchtarma ( Kazakh Бұқтырма; Russian Бухтарма ) is a right tributary of the Irtysh River in Kazakhstan East Kazakhstan region in Central Asia.

It rises in the extreme east of Kazakhstan in the Southern Altai, on the border triangle between Kazakhstan, Russia and China. From there it flows in a westerly direction, then joins in Syrjanowsk in the traversed by the Irtysh Buchtarma reservoir. In the upper reaches it forms a turbulent river, which winds through a narrow valley. In spring and summer leading the Buchtarma flood. The catchment area of ​​12,660 km ² comprises Buchtarma. The mean discharge ( MQ ) is 214 m³ / s