Angara
river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia
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Summary
Angara is a river[1]. Angara ranks in the top 1% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,079 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Khabarovsk Krai[3], Irkutsk Oblast[4]
- Country: Russia[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Basin country: Russia[7]
- Commons category: Angara River[8]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Yenisey[9]
- Lake on watercourse: Lake Baikal[10]
- Origin of the watercourse: Lake Baikal[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Angara River[12]
- Tributary: Irkut[13], Kitoy River[14], Belaya[15], Oka[16], Iya[17], River Kova[18], Mura River[19], Taseyeva River[20], Ilim[21], Chadobets[22], Kamenka[23], Irkineyeva[24], Karabula[25], Kata[26]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Angara Basin[27]
- Described by source: Encyclopedic Lexicon[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[32], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34]
- Native label: Ангара[35]
- Different from: Angara[36]
- Length: 1779 km[37]
- Elevation above sea level: 75 m[38]
- Watershed area: 1,039,000 km²[39]
- Discharge: 4518 cubic metre per second[40]
- Drainage basin: Yenisey basin[41]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[42]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Angara include Angara[43], a rocket family[44], in Russia[45] and 1957 Angara[46], an asteroid[47].
Why It Matters
Angara has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Angara is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for Angara include Angara[43], a rocket family[44], in Russia[45] and 1957 Angara[46], an asteroid[47].