Tschagra

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Chagra
Chagra
Data
Water code RU :  11010001512112100009286
location Samara Oblast , Saratov ( Russia )
River system Volga
Drain over Volga  → Caspian Sea
source in Kamenny Syrt south of Alexejewka
52 ° 31 ′ 29 ″  N , 49 ° 48 ′ 27 ″  E
muzzle in the Saratower reservoir Coordinates: 52 ° 36 ′ 58 ″  N , 48 ° 23 ′ 19 ″  E 52 ° 36 ′ 58 ″  N , 48 ° 23 ′ 19 ″  E

length 251 km
Catchment area 3440 km²
Outflow
location: 78 km above the mouth 		MQ
 3.5 m³ / s
Left tributaries Chernenkaya
Small towns Khvorostyanka
Communities Alexeyevka

The Chagra ( Russian Чагра ) is a left tributary of the Volga in the Russian oblasts of Samara and Saratov .

The Tschagra rises south of Alexejewka in the Kamenny Syrt ridge in the Samara Oblast. It flows mainly in a westerly direction, passes the administrative center of Khvorostyanka and finally flows into it on the eastern bank of the Saratov reservoir . The Tschagra has a length of 251 km. It drains an area of ​​3440 km². The mean discharge 78 km above the mouth is 3.5 m³ / s. The Tschagra is mainly fed by the snowmelt . In April it leads to regular floods . In the summer months the upper reaches of the Tschagra often falls dry. Between November and the beginning of December, the water surface of the Tschagra freezes. In April the river is free of ice again.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Article Tschagra in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D121357~2a%3D~2b%3DTschagra
  2. ↑ a b Chagra in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)