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| Kamchatka | |
|---|---|
 Meanders | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Ust-Kamchatsk |
• coordinates | 56°12′12″N 162°29′04″E / 56.2032°N 162.4844°E |
| Length | 758 km (471 mi) |
| Basin size | 55,900 km2 (21,600 sq mi) |
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).[1] The river is rich with salmon, millions of which spawn yearly and which once supported the settlements of the native Itelmen.[2]
Climate
[edit]Like most of its namesake peninsula, the basin of the Kamchatka River has at low altitudes a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with short, cool-to-comfortable summers and freezing, snowy winters.
| Climate data for Icha (Climate ID:32411) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) | 6.6 (43.9) | 8.4 (47.1) | 13.8 (56.8) | 19.8 (67.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 30.1 (86.2) | 27.8 (82.0) | 25.4 (77.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 8.8 (47.8) | 30.1 (86.2) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) | 0.5 (32.9) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.0 (44.6) | 11.8 (53.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.6 (69.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 11.1 (52.0) | 6.1 (43.0) | 1.9 (35.4) | 22.5 (72.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) | −7.6 (18.3) | −3.4 (25.9) | 0.5 (32.9) | 5.7 (42.3) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 15.2 (59.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 6.2 (43.2) | −0.2 (31.6) | −5.5 (22.1) | 3.3 (37.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.8 (10.8) | −11.0 (12.2) | −6.9 (19.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | 2.8 (37.0) | 7.3 (45.1) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 3.6 (38.5) | −2.7 (27.1) | −8.6 (16.5) | 0.3 (32.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.1 (4.8) | −14.6 (5.7) | −10.3 (13.5) | −5.3 (22.5) | 0.5 (32.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.4 (48.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 7.3 (45.1) | 1.2 (34.2) | −5.4 (22.3) | −11.8 (10.8) | −2.3 (27.8) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −26.3 (−15.3) | −25.4 (−13.7) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −13.6 (7.5) | −4.3 (24.3) | 1.2 (34.2) | 5.9 (42.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | 1.3 (34.3) | −5.6 (21.9) | −15.4 (4.3) | −22.5 (−8.5) | −27.9 (−18.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.1 (−33.0) | −35.1 (−31.2) | −31 (−24) | −26.7 (−16.1) | −10.7 (12.7) | −2.3 (27.9) | 1.1 (34.0) | −0.8 (30.6) | −3.9 (25.0) | −12.6 (9.3) | −23.9 (−11.0) | −30 (−22) | −36.1 (−33.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) | 20 (0.8) | 20 (0.8) | 27 (1.1) | 34 (1.3) | 41 (1.6) | 66 (2.6) | 102 (4.0) | 74 (2.9) | 87 (3.4) | 77 (3.0) | 41 (1.6) | 614 (24.1) |
| Source: Roshydromet[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Река Камчатка, Озёрная Камчатка in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Map 3.7 (Kamchatka) Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine from the series prepared for the INSROP (International Northern Sea Route Programme) Working Paper No. 90 Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine in 1997.
- ^ "Climate of Icha" (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
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