Biya River

Catchment area of ​​the Bija in light green

Template: Infobox River / Obsolete

The Bija (Russian Бия ) is a 301 km long river in Russia, the Altai Republic and the Altai region.

It is the smaller of the two source rivers of the Ob ( next to the Katun ). The Bija entfließt the Chulyshman lake in Altai mountains. Your run takes them to a total north-westerly direction Bijsk where it joins the Katun Ob. The Bija has a catchment area of 37,000 km ². 21 km upstream of the mouth of the mean discharge 476 m³ / s The name " Bija " has its origin in the Altaic language and stands for " man ". The Chulyshman forms the main tributary of the lake Chulyshman and is thus a source flow of Bija.

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