Tigil (river)

The Tigil (Russian: Тигиль) is a river on the western side of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. It is 300 kilometres (190 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 17,800 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).[1] The Cossack Luka Morozko was the first European to reach it in 1696.[2] The village Tigil lies on the river Tigil.

Tigil
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthSea of Okhotsk
  location
Shelikhov Gulf
  coordinates
58°01′30″N 158°12′31″E
Length300 km (190 mi)
Basin size17,800 km2 (6,900 sq mi)

References

  1. Река Тигиль (Большой Тигиль) in the State Water Register of Russia (Russian)
  2. Lantzeff, George V., and Richard A. Pierce (1973). Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750. Montreal: McGill-Queen's U.P.
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