Bolshaya Belaya River

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The Belaya (Russian Белая, " The White ", also Большая Белая / Bolshaya Belaya, Large Belaya, " The Great White "; Buryat Ехэ Бүлэн / Jexe Buelen ) is a left tributary of the Angara River in the Republic of Buryatia and the Irkutsk Oblast in southern Siberia.

The Belaya has its origins in Sayan in over 2000 m altitude. From there it flows predominantly east through the mountains. It assumes the right tributaries Urik and Malaya Belaya ( Малая Белая, Small Belaya, " The Little White Dress " ) on. After 359 km it reaches north of Ussolje - Sibirskoye the Angara. The catchment area of ​​the Belaya covers about 18,000 km ². The mean discharge ( MQ ) 22 km above the mouth is 181 m³ / s Between the end of October and April, the river is covered with ice.