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Tura

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Tura 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
58.17°, 63.23°
7.0
Coordinates: 58.1659° N, 63.2282° ECountry: RussiaOpenStreetMap ↗
Tura, Russia
Tura. Image via Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).

About Tura

The Tura (near the source also — Dolgaya) is a river in the Sverdlovsk and Tyumen Oblasts of Russia, a left tributary of the Tobol (basin of the Irtysh). It flows across the Tura Plain.

Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Tura (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Tura: Key Facts

Key facts about Tura
Length1,030 km
Average discharge203 m³/s
Drainage basin80,400 km²
SourceUral Mountains
MouthTobol
Drainage systemTobol basin
TributariesSalda, Tagil, Nitsa, Pyshma, Bagyshëvka, Susatka, Pogorelka, Puregovka

Facts from Wikidata Q588242 (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

Tura: Quick Answers

Where is Tura?
Tura is located in Russia, at 58.1659° N, 63.2282° E.
Are there dams on the Tura?
No dam on the Tura is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.