Penschina
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Penschina Penzhin |
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| Water code | RU : 19090000112120000043681 | |
| location | Kamchatka Region ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Penschina | |
| Headwaters | northern Kolyma Mountains 64 ° 55 ′ 27 ″ N , 163 ° 32 ′ 53 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 1000 m | |
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Penschinabusen ( Sea of Okhotsk ) coordinates: 62 ° 28 ′ 21 " N , 165 ° 8 ′ 12" E 62 ° 28 ′ 21 " N , 165 ° 8 ′ 12" E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1000 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.4 ‰ | |
| length | 713 km | |
| Catchment area | 73,500 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge near the mouth of the A Eo : 73,500 km²
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MQ Mq |
695 m³ / s 9.5 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Belaya , Chornaya , Murgal | |
| Right tributaries | Oklan | |
| Communities | Kamenskoye , Manily | |
 Catchment area and river course of the Penschina (Пенжина) |
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The 713 km long Penschina ( Russian Пенжина ) is a river in the Far East of Russia ( Asia ).
It rises in eastern Siberia in the northern Kolyma Mountains . From there the Penschina flows through the foothills of these high mountains first in an easterly direction towards the Korjakengebirge , but then turns in an elongated arc towards the south. A good 60 km below the district administrative center of Kamenskoye on the right bank of the river , not far from the largest town on the river, Manily , the Penschina flows into the Penschina Bay , in the far north of the Sea of Okhotsk . Larger tributaries of Penzhina are Belaya , Chernaya , Murgal from the left and Oklan from the right. The landscape on the Penschina is predominantly characterized by boreal forest tundra .
Hydrology
The Penschina drains an area of 73,500 km². The mean discharge at the mouth is around 695 m³ / s. The river is ice-covered between November and early June.
Wildlife
In the river system of Penzhina following are lampreys before: Lethenteron camtschaticum and Lethenteron reissneri . The river system is used by salmon fish as spawning waters . The following fish species or genera come in Penzhina before: Phoxinus , pike , Hipomesus olidus , Arctic Norway ( Osmerus mordax dentex ), Coregonus anaulorum , Great Siberian whitefish ( Coregonus nasus ), Coregonus sardinella , Coregonus subautumnalis , Prosopium cylindraceum , Thymallus mertensii , pink salmon , chum salmon , coho salmon , Dolly Varden trout ( Salvelinus malma ), Salvelinus white-spotted charr , Salvelinus levanidovi , monkfish and alpine bullhead and three-spined and nine-spined Ling .
Web links
- Пенжина bei water-rf.ru (НАУЧНО-ПОПУЛЯРНАЯ ЭНЦИКЛОПЕДИЯ; Вода России) (Russian)