Konda River

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Course of Konda ( Конда ) in the northwest of the catchment area of the Irtysh

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The Konda (Russian Конда ) is a 1097 km long left tributary of the Irtysh River in West Siberia (Russia, Asia).

Course

The Konda entfließt in 130 m height a sump ( Kondinskoje Boloto; Konda Swamp ) in the western part of the West Siberian Plain. It flows through said after her Konda lowland part of the lowlands in a wide arc initially in a westerly, then south, then turns to the east, and finally in a northeasterly direction to its confluence with the Irtysh above the village Tjuli, nearly 50 km south-east of Khanty-Mansiysk in 20 m height.

At its entire length, the river meanders strong. The terrain is in many places marshy and rich in lakes. The largest self -carrying of the Konda Lake is the Tursuntski Tuman; the total area of ​​all lakes is 541 km ². In the past about 50 kilometers, the Konda flows parallel to the Irtysh River and is connected thereto before the actual mouth by several narrow arms ( Pomogaika, Stariza and others). In estuaries near the Konda is over 500 meters wide, several meters deep, and the flow rate is 0.5 m / s

At its entire length, the Konda flows through the territory of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug / Ugra.

Hydrographic

The catchment area of ​​Konda comprises 72,800 km ². The most significant tributaries are right Jewra and Kuma, from left Mulymja, Big Tap, Jukonda and Kama.

The Konda freezes between late October / early November and late April / mid-May, the following flood during snowmelt lasts until July at. During this period, in particular the common floodplain of Konda and Irtysh is flooded large areas prior to their confluence. The average monthly water flow 164 km above the mouth is 231 m³ / s, with a maximum of 1220 m³ / s in May and a minimum of 36 m³ / s in March.

Infrastructure and economy

The Konda is navigable from above the single immediately riverside town of Urai.

In the upper reaches of the Konda of the railway line Serov - Ivdel - Priobje comes close; the station of the settlement Selenoborsk bears the name after the river Konda. A little west of it lies the city Sovetsky one of the West Siberian oil production areas, another on the middle reaches of the Konda to Urai. 160 km downriver from Urai reaches a finished in the 1960s railway line from Yekaterinburg in the settlement Meschduretschenski ( station Ustje - Acha ) the river.

Of the scale for the purpose of petroleum exploration and extraction on the upper and middle reaches of the Konda roads and driveways except that -carrying area is undeveloped infrastructure.