Tara River (Russia)

In the middle reaches of Tara in Novosibirsk Oblast

History of Tara ( Тара ) in the catchment area of the Irtysh

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The Tara (Russian Тара ) is a 806 km long right tributary of the Irtysh River in western Siberia.

Course

The Tara rises in about 140 m altitude in the swamp Wassjuganje in the south-central part of the West Siberian Plain, north of Novosibirsk Oblast, near the border with Tomsk Oblast. The Tara flows in predominantly westerly direction, reached in the middle reaches of the Omsk Oblast and turns shortly before it flows into northwestern direction. At its entire length, the Tara meanders widely in their weak valley floor. She finally ends at the village of Ust- Tara, about 25 kilometers southeast of the city was named after her Tara, which was originally founded near the mouth and later moved, in the Irtysh. The most important tributary is the Maisas from the right.

Hydrographic

The catchment area comprises 18,300 km ² of Tara. In estuaries near the river reaches a width of about 50 meters at a depth of 3 meters; the flow rate is in this case 0.8 m / s

The Tara freezes from late October / November through to the first half of May, where they can by freeze during harsh winters in places to the bottom. The Drainage of Muromcevo, 108 kilometers above the mouth of the annual average of 42.1 m³ / s with a minimum of 10.0 m³ / s in March and a maximum of 164 m³ / s in May.

Infrastructure

The Tara is navigable for 365 kilometers from the located below the confluence of the Maisas village Kyschtowka.

The through by the Tara area, with the exception of the upper reaches relatively densely populated in the field of Wassjuganje swamps. The main towns on the river are the Rajonverwaltungszentren Kyschtowka ( Novosibirsk Oblast; 5800 inhabitants, 2006) and Muromcevo ( urban-type settlement in the Omsk Oblast; 10,435 inhabitants, 2008). The towns along the river are connected by roads; Muromcevo in the river is crossed by the road that leads to the north roughly parallel to Tara flowing Ui from Omsk to Sedelnikowo and opens up the northeast part of the Oblast.