Karai (Chopjor)

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Karai
Карай, Мокрый Карай (Mokry Karai)
Data
Water code RU :  05010200112107000006015
location Saratov Oblast , Oblast Tambov ( Russia )
River system Don
Drain over Chopjor  → Don  → Black Sea
source Oka-Don Plain
52 ° 12 ′ 41 ″  N , 43 ° 6 ′ 3 ″  E
muzzle Chopjor coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 44 "  N , 42 ° 41 ′ 55"  E 51 ° 35 ′ 44 "  N , 42 ° 41 ′ 55"  E

length 139 km
Catchment area 2680 km²
Outflow
location: 16 km above the mouth 		MQ 1976/1992
 6.3 m³ / s
Communities Romanovka

The Karai ( Russian Карай , in the upper reaches Mokry Karai (Мокрый Карай)) is a right tributary of the Chopjor in the Russian Oblast of Saratov .

The Karai has its source in the Oka-Don plain . It flows through the upper reaches as Mokry Karai in the northwest of Saratov Oblast, in parts along the border with Tambov Oblast, a hilly landscape in a southerly direction and after 139 km meets the Chopjor on the right. The catchment area of the Karai covers 2680 km². The river is mainly fed by the snowmelt . The mean discharge (MQ) 16 km above the mouth is 6.3 m³ / s. The water of the Karai is used for irrigation . Shortly before the opening of the Karai happens Rajonverwaltungszentrum Romanowka .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Article Karai in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D058946~2a%3DKarai~2b%3DKarai
  2. ↑ a b Karai in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)