Avacha (river)

Avacha Ава́ча, Средняя Ава́ча (Srednjaja Avacha)
Data
Water code	RU :  19070000212120000022599
location	Kamchatka ( Russia )
River system	Avacha
origin	Besymjannoje Lake 53 ° 55 ′ 22 ″  N , 158 ° 8 ′ 30 ″  E
Source height	approx.  900  m
muzzle	Avacha Bay ( Pacific Ocean ) Coordinates: 53 ° 2 ′ 15 "  N , 158 ° 30 ′ 38"  E 53 ° 2 ′ 15 "  N , 158 ° 30 ′ 38"  E
Mouth height	0  m
Height difference	approx. 900 m
Bottom slope	approx. 7.4 ‰
length	122 km
Catchment area	5090 km²
Drain	MQ	138 m³ / s
Left tributaries	Levaya Avacha, Pinachevskaya
Right tributaries	Prawaja Avacha, Korjaxkaja
Flowing lakes	Verkhnye Avachinskoye Lake
Small towns	Yelisovo

The Avacha ( Russian Ава́ча ) is a 122 km long tributary of the Pacific Ocean in the east of the Russian peninsula Kamchatka . Above the confluence of the Levaja Avacha , the river is called Srednjaja Avacha ( Russian Средняя Ава́ча , "Middle Avacha").

River course

The Avacha forms the outflow of the 900  m high Besymjannoje Lake . This is located on the northeast flank of the Bakening volcano . The Avacha initially flows four kilometers south to the Verkhnye Avachinskoye Lake . It continues its course south. The two tributaries Prawaja Avacha ("Right Avacha") and Levaja Avacha ("Left Avacha") flow into the river at river kilometers 74 and 71 respectively. At river kilometer 46 the Korjaxkaja flows into the Avacha from the right. At river kilometer 32 the Avacha passes the small town of Jelisowo . There the Pinachevskaya flows into the river from the left. The Avacha finally reaches the northwest bank of the Avacha Bay , 7 km west of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky .

The catchment area of the Avacha covers 5090 km². The mean discharge is 138 m³ / s.

Web links

Commons : Awatscha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Река Авача, Средняя Авача in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)