Chagan River

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Satellite image of Oral with the confluence of the Ural and Tsaghan

Course of Tsaghan ( Чаган ) in the catchment area of the Ural

The Tsaghan (Russian Чаган ) is a right tributary of the Ural Mountains in Russia's Orenburg Oblast Western Kazakhstan and the Kazakh territory.

The Tsaghan rises in the hills of Obschtschi Syrt - mountain range in the Orenburg Oblast. It flows initially in a westerly direction, passing through the small town Pervomaisky, later turns south and flows Oral in the Urals. In the Oral Derkul from the right opens into the Tsaghan.

The Tsaghan is mainly fed by snowmelt. Its average discharge 40 km above the mouth is 7.7 m³ / s Freezing the flow generally in November. Late March / early April, he is free of ice again.