Tschagan

Chagan Chagan
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Data
Water code	RU :  12010001012112200010238
location	Orenburg Oblast ( Russia ), Western Kazakhstan ( Kazakhstan )
River system	Ural
Drain over	Urals  → Caspian Sea
source	Obshchi Syrt
muzzle	Ural coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 33 "  N , 51 ° 20 ′ 58"  E 51 ° 10 ′ 33 "  N , 51 ° 20 ′ 58"  E
length	264 km
Catchment area	7530 km²
Outflow location: 40 km above the mouth	MQ	7.7 m³ / s
Right tributaries	Derkul
Big cities	Orally
Small towns	Pervomaiski
Oral satellite image showing the confluence of the Chagan and Urals rivers
Course of the Chagan (Чаган) in the catchment area of ​​the Urals

The Tschagan ( Russian Чаган ) is a right tributary of the Urals in the Russian Orenburg Oblast and the Kazakh region of Western Kazakhstan .

The Tschagan rises in the hills of the Obschtschi Syrt mountain range in the Orenburg Oblast. It initially flows in a westerly direction, passes the small town of Pervomaiski , later turns south and flows into the Urals at Oral . At Oral, the Derkul joins the Tschagan from the right.

The Tschagan is mainly fed by the snowmelt . Its mean discharge 40 km above the mouth is 7.7 m³ / s. The river usually freezes in November. At the end of March / beginning of April it is ice-free again.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Article Tschagan in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D121344~2a%3DTschagan~2b%3DTschagan
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chagan in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)