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Miass (river)

Coordinates: 56°05′18″N 64°30′00″E / 56.0882°N 64.5°E / 56.0882; 64.5
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Miass
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthIset
 • coordinates
56°05′18″N 64°30′00″E / 56.0882°N 64.5°E / 56.0882; 64.5
Length658 km (409 mi)
Basin size21,800 km2 (8,400 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionIset→ Tobol→ Irtysh→ Ob→ Kara Sea
Miass River at the southwest corner of the Ob Basin (double click to expand)

The Miass (Bashkir: Мейәс, Meyäs) is a river on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains in Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast and Kurgan Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Iset, part of the Irtysh basin.[1] It is 149 kilometres (93 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 13,700 square kilometres (5,300 sq mi).[2] The cities Chelyabinsk and Miass are located on the river.[1][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Миасс (река в Челябинской и Курганской областях), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2. ^ "Река Миасс in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Miass". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. ^ "View of the Miass River at Chelyabinsk". World Digital Library. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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The Miass in Chelyabinsk
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