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 | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Sea of Okhotsk |
• location | Shelikhov Gulf |
• coordinates | 58°01′30″N 158°12′31″E |
Length | 300 km (190 mi) |
Basin size | 17,800 km2 (6,900 sq mi) |
References
- Река Тигиль (Большой Тигиль) in the State Water Register of Russia (Russian)
- 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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