Tavda River

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Course of Tavda ( Тавда ) in the north-western outskirts of the Tobol

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The 719 km long Tavda (Russian Тавда ) is a left tributary of the Tobol in the West Siberian Plain.

The Tavda produced about 12 km north of the urban-type settlement and Rajonverwaltungszentrum Gari at 56 m above sea level. NN, from their coming from the Urals headwaters Loswa (left) and Sos'va (right). First, it flows - on the territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast - through the sparsely populated wetlands of the western part of the West Siberian Plain, then turns south-east to easterly direction and flows into the village Batschelino, already in the Tyumen Oblast, in the Tobol (at 38 m above sea level. NN ). The river flows in wide sheets; in the middle reaches of the right bank is particularly steep in parts and up to about 20 m high.

The catchment area of ​​88,100 km ² comprises Tavda. In Tavda, 237 km upstream of the mouth, the average discharge is 440 m³ / s ( minimum in March with 35 m³ / s, maximum in June with 1,355 m³ / s). In the lower reaches of the river is about 270 m wide, 4 m deep, the flow velocity is 0.4 m / s The most important tributary is left of the Pelym ( Пелым ).

In the middle reaches of the river, the city is Tavda. Here is the flow of the railway Yekaterinburg - Tavda - Meschduretschenski ( Ustje - Acha ), a few miles above the mouth of the route Tyumen - Tobolsk - Surgut.

The Tavda freezes from early November to late April. It is navigable for its entire length.

The upper reaches of the Tavda is spawning area of the White Salmon ( Stenodus leucichthys ).

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