Upper Angara

{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the (Lower) Angara, the outflow of Lake Baikal.}} {{Infobox river | name = Upper Angara | image = Verkhnyaya Angara.jpg | image_caption = View from the BAM railway bridge across the Upper Angara near Novy Uoyan | source1 = Delyun-Uran Range<br>Stanovoy Highlands | source1_coordinates = {{coord|56|36|51|N|113|45|21|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:RU}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|1600|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = Lake Baikal | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55|42|24|N|109|52|33|E|source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=it}} | progression = {{RLake Baikal}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Russia | length = {{convert|438|km|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|258|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|21400|km2|abbr=on}} | pushpin_map = Russia Buryatia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Buryatia, Russia }} The '''Upper Angara''' ({{Langx|ru|Верхняя Ангара}}, ''Verkhnyaya Angara''; {{Langx|bua|Дээдэ Ангар}}, ''Deede Angar'') is a river in Buryatia, Siberia to the northeast of Lake Baikal. the third longest river in the Baikal basin. It is {{convert|438|km}} long, and has a drainage basin of {{convert|21400|km2}}.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|210479|Река Верхняя Ангара}} (Upper Angara River)</ref>

The Baikal–Amur Mainline runs along the north side of the river northeast up its valley, crossing between Anamakit and Novy Uoyan and crossing the river a second time upstream before heading into the mountains.<ref>[http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.1881555&lon=103.8867188&z=6&l=0&m=b Wikimapia approximate site of basin]</ref> ==Course== The Upper Angara rises at about {{convert|1600|m|abbr=on}} in an area of small glacial lakes of the Delyun-Uran range, right by the Northern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands. It its upper course the river flows in a WSW direction across mountainous terrain, with rapids and waterfalls. It enters then a floodplain and crosses the spurs of the Upper Angara and the Barguzin ranges. Near Yanchukan it flows through the Upper Angara tectonic basin. Finally it ends in Lake Baikal forming a delta in the shallow northern end of the lake, separated from the deep part by long sandy spits, including Yarki Island. The Upper Angara is navigable in its last stretch.<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], ''water-rf.ru''</ref>

The main tributaries of the Upper Angara are the {{convert|64|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Angarakan, the {{convert|87|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Yanchui, the {{convert|124|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Churo and the {{convert|245|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Kotera.<ref name=gvr/> {| |- valign="top" |thumb|220px|Yenisei basin with the Upper Angara at the NE end of Lake Baikal. |thumb|360px|Upper Angara Range and Upper Angara River. |}

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

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{citation |contribution=Upper and Lower Angara |title=Encyclopædia Britannica|edition= 9th |volume=II |editor-last=Baynes |editor-first=Thomas Spencer |display-editors=0 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |date=1878 |ref={{harvid|EB|1878}} |page=26 }}.

Category:Rivers of Buryatia Category:Stanovoy Highlands