Churo

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The '''Churo''' ({{langx|ru|Чуро}}) is a river in Buryatia, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is a tributary of the Upper Angara river of the Angara - Baikal basin. The river is {{convert|209|km}} long, and has a drainage basin of {{convert|9460|km2}}. There are no settlements by the river.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|210491|Река Чуро}}</ref><ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref>

The Baikal–Amur Mainline runs near the confluence of the Churo and the Upper Angara.<ref>[https://transsib.ru/way-bam2.htm БАМ. 02. Северобайкальск – Таксимо – Тында (1285 км)]</ref>

==Course== The Churo is a right tributary of the Upper Angara River.<ref name=WR>[https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/1083/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0 Верхняя Ангара - Water of Russia]</ref> Its sources are in an unnamed alpine lake of the western area of the Delyun-Uran Range. In its upper course it flows first southwestwards then westwards across a swampy valley. After bending southwards, its course marks the eastern limit of the Upper Angara Range.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mapo49.narod.ru/map5/indexg.html|title=Topographic Map of the USSR O-49G}}</ref> Finally, after meandering in a floodplain with lakes, it meets the Upper Angara {{convert|270|km|mi}} from its mouth in Lake Baikal.

The main tributaries of the Churo are the Avaikan, Uklon, Uanymi and Churokan. The river is frozen between October and May.<ref name=gvr/>

==See also== *List of rivers of Russia

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Rivers of Buryatia Category:Stanovoy Highlands