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| Tigil | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Sea of Okhotsk |
• location | Shelikhov Gulf |
• coordinates | 58°01′30″N 158°12′31″E / 58.02500°N 158.20861°E |
| Length | 300 km (190 mi) |
Basin size | 17,800 km2 (6,900 sq mi) |
The Tigil (Russian: Тигиль) is a river on the western side of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. It is 300 kilometres (190 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 17,800 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).[1] The Cossack Luka Semyonovich Morozko, member of Vladimir Atlasov's detachment to Kamchatka, was the first European to reach it in 1696.[2] The village Tigil lies on the river Tigil.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Река Тигиль (Большой Тигиль) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ↑ Lantzeff, George V., and Richard A. Pierce (1973). Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750. Montreal: McGill-Queen's U.P.
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