Kamchatka
Kamchatka 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
- 55.47°, 159.67°
About Kamchatka
The Kamchatka (Russian: Камча́тка) is the longest river in Kamchatka peninsula, located in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. It flows into the Pacific Ocean at the town Ust-Kamchatsk, on the east coast of Kamchatka. It is 758 kilometres (471 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 55,900 square kilometres (21,600 sq mi). The river is rich with salmon, millions of which spawn yearly and which once supported the settlements of the native Itelmen.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Kamchatka (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Kamchatka: Key Facts
| Length | 758 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 924 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 55,900 km² |
| Mouth | Kamchatka Bay |
| Tributaries | Kozyrëvka, Elovka, Schapina, Amsharik, Andrianovka, Anchekrak, Arlych, Belaya |
Facts from Wikidata Q133476 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Kamchatka: Quick Answers
- Where is Kamchatka?
- Kamchatka is located in Russia, at 55.4683° N, 159.6680° E.
- Are there dams on the Kamchatka?
- No dam on the Kamchatka is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.