Tsipa

The Tsipa (Russian: Ципа) is a western, left tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is 692 kilometres (430 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 42,200 square kilometres (16,300 sq mi).[1] Maksim Perfilyev was the first Russian to reach the Tsipa in 1640.[2]

Tsipa
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthVitim
  coordinates
55.379°N 115.9325°E / 55.379; 115.9325
Length692 km (430 mi)
Basin size42,200 km2 (16,300 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionVitimLenaLaptev Sea

References

  1. Река Ципа (Верх. Ципа, Ниж. Ципа) 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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