Chuna
Chuna is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 57.48°, 97.11°
About Chuna
The Chuna (Russian: Чуна), called Uda (Уда; Mongolian: Үд, Üd) above the settlement of Chunsky, is a river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. It is 1,203 kilometers (748 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 56,800 square kilometers (21,900 sq mi).
The river has its sources in the southwestern parts of Irkutsk Oblast, on the northern slopes of the eastern Sayan Mountains. It then flows over the Central Siberian Plateau, and passes the Nevanka and Nizhneudinsk. Logs are floated downriver and loaded onto the Baikal–Amur Mainline at Chunsky (station name Sosnovye Rodniki). It then turns west, and joins the Biryusa to form the Taseyeva, a tributary of the Angara.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Chuna (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Chuna: Key Facts
| Length | 1,203 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 300 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 56,800 km² |
| Source | Sayan Mountains |
| Mouth | Taseyeva River |
| Drainage system | Yenisey basin |
| Tributaries | Kosovka, Katarma, Chuksha |
Facts from Wikidata Q583285 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
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Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Chuna: Quick Answers
- Where is Chuna?
- Chuna is located in Russia, at 57.4768° N, 97.1123° E.
- Are there dams on the Chuna?
- No dam on the Chuna is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.