Charysh River
In the middle reaches of the Charysh
Course of Charysh ( Чарыш ) in the south of the catchment area of the Ob
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The Charysh (Russian Чарыш ) is a 547 km long left tributary of the Ob in the Altai Mountains and its foreland in West Siberia (Russia).
Course
The Charysh rises in about 1450 m on the eastern side of the ridge here is 2000 m high Korgon - ridge in the western part of the Russian Altai. It first flows in a northerly, then accepting the northwest to west between the gradually flattening and low mountain ridges Korgon character and Baschtschelak through the Northwest part of the Altai. Soon he relies on this section, the Altai Republic and reached the north then Altai region.
Here the river enters about 400 m altitude in the Altai foothills and turns in a wide arc to the northeast to east. Here, the Charysh the north extending Alei approaches in places to almost 20 kilometers. It flows through the hilly in this mountainous region near the steppe landscape in the lower reaches strongly meandering until it finally flows into the Ob between the village of Ust- Charysh and the Rajonverwaltungszentrum Ust- Tscharyschskaja pristane. At this point, the Ob from its western direction of flow turns sharply since the birth of Biya and Katun at Bijsk north.
The most important tributaries of the Charysh are right Baschtschelak and Maralicha and left Kumir, Korgon Inja, Belaya and Loktewka.
On Charysh give it no cities; lie on its banks but the larger settlements and Rajonverwaltungszentren Ust- Kan of the Altai Republic and Tscharyschskoje, Krasnoschtschokowo and Ust- Kalmanka the Altai region.
Hydrography
The catchment area of 22,200 km ² comprises Charysh.
The mean annual runoff is about 100 kilometers above the mouth of 186 m³ / s at a monthly minimum of 30.0 m³ / s in February and a maximum of 592 m³ / s in May.
Above the mouth of the Charysh is up to 200 meters wide and about two to three feet deep; its flow rate here is 0.5 m / s
The Charysh freezes in the lower reaches of the end of October / November, the upper reaches of December to late March / April.
Economy, infrastructure and use
The lower reaches of the Charysh is navigable. As an inland waterway 80 km from Ust- Kalmanka apply to the mouth; for smaller vehicles are more about 100 miles from the village Beloglasowo passable. In intensively farmed Altai foothills the waters of the Charysh is used for irrigation.
Throughout, including in the area of the otherwise sparsely populated high mountain part of the Altai, lies on the river banks, a number of villages. Therefore, the -carrying area is relatively well served by roads, though especially in the upper and middle reaches of dirt. The streets Aleisk - Ust- Kalmanka - Tscharyschskoje - Sentelek, Ust- Kalmanka - Krasnoschtschokowo - Kurja and Schipunowo - Beryozovka cross the river several times. The upper course is developed by the branching of the highway M52 ( " Tschujatrakt " ) regional road R373 Tuekta - Ust- Koksa - Tjungur reaching the Charysh at Ust- Kan.
Not least because of the relatively low transport links and the upper reaches are the Charysh and some of its tributaries popular destination for water sports enthusiasts and tourists. The left tributaries Kumir and Korgon apply to the navigation of the canoe as the most difficult rivers in the western Altai and Altai region and are classified, the Charysh itself in Category 2, as a combined tour with two tributaries, category 5 in the second highest Russian Category 4