Shchapina
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Shtschapina Щапина, Levaya Shchapina (Левая Щапина) |
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| Water code | RU : 19070000112120000013994 | |
| location | Kamchatka Region (Russia) | |
| River system | Kamchatka | |
| Drain over | Kamchatka → Pacific Ocean | |
| source | in the eastern ridge of the Kamchatka Peninsula 55 ° 21 ′ 15 ″ N , 160 ° 44 ′ 23 ″ E |
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| muzzle | in the Kamchatka Coordinates: 55 ° 26 '23 " N , 159 ° 29' 31" E 55 ° 26 '23 " N , 159 ° 29' 31" E
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| length | 172 km | |
| Catchment area | 3420 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Pravaya Shchapina | |
The Shchapina ( Russian Щапина , also Levaya Shchapina (Левая Щапина)) is a right tributary of the Kamchatka on the Kamchatka Peninsula .
The Shtschapina has its source about 50 km north of the Kronotskaya Sopka volcano in the eastern ridge of the southern Kamchatka Peninsula. It initially flows briefly in a north-westerly direction, but then turns to the south-west and flows through a high valley west of the Kisimen volcano, before changing its direction of flow to the north-west and flowing into the valley of the Kamchatka River. The largest tributary, the Pravaya Shchapina , flows into the Shchapina from the left. In the lower reaches of the river it has a series of meanders before it flows into the Kamchatka on the right. The Shchapina has a length of 172 km. It drains an area of 3420 km².
In the river are rainbow trout , Salvelinus white-spotted charr and grayling before. Various salmon fish swim up the river to spawn. These include sockeye salmon , ketal salmon and pink salmon .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Река Щапина, Левая Щапина in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)