Or (river)

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Or
Орь, Ор
Data
Water code RU :  12010000412112200003277
location Aqtöbe ( Kazakhstan ),
Orenburg Oblast ( Russia )
River system Ural
Drain over Urals  → Caspian Sea
confluence of Schili and Terisbutak
49 ° 31 '23 "  N , 58 ° 32' 52"  O
Source height 303  m
muzzle near Orsk in the Ural Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 8 ″  N , 58 ° 32 ′ 28 ″  E 51 ° 11 ′ 8 ″  N , 58 ° 32 ′ 28 ″  E
Mouth height 185  m
Height difference 118 m
Bottom slope 0.36 ‰
length 332 km
Catchment area 18,600 km²
Outflow
location: 61 km above the mouth 		MQ
 21.3 m³ / s
Right tributaries Kamsak
Big cities Orsk
Communities Koktau
Course of the Or (Орь) in the catchment area of ​​the Urals

Course of the Or (Орь) in the catchment area of ​​the Urals

The Or ( Russian Орь ; Kazakh Ор ) is a left tributary of the Urals in the Kazakh region of Aqtöbe and the Russian Oblast of Orenburg .

The Or arises at the confluence of the Shili and Terisbutak rivers on the western slopes of the Mugodjar Mountains in western Kazakhstan. The river flows in a northerly direction into the Orenburg Oblast and finally flows into the Urals after 332 km near Orsk . The Or drains an area of ​​18,600 km². It is mainly fed by the snowmelt . 61 km above the mouth, the mean discharge is 21.3 m³ / s. The Or regularly floods between April and mid-May . At the end of October / beginning of November the Or freezes. At the end of March / beginning of April the Or is ice-free again. The water of the Or is used for irrigation and water supply .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Article Or in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D085216~2a%3DOr~2b%3DOr
  2. ↑ a b Or in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)