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Tumanskaya

Coordinates: 64°00′07″N 178°26′31″E / 64.0019°N 178.442°E / 64.0019; 178.442
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Tumanskaya
Tumanskaya is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Tumanskaya
Location in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKoryak Mountains
 • elevation800 m (2,625 ft)
MouthBering Sea
 • location
Tymna lagoon, Gulf of Anadyr
 • coordinates
64°00′07″N 178°26′31″E / 64.0019°N 178.442°E / 64.0019; 178.442
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length268 km (167 mi)
Basin size9,270 km2 (3,580 sq mi)

The Tumanskaya (Russian: Туманская) is a river in Far East Russia. It flows through the Anadyr Lowlands, a region of wetlands and tundra, and into the Bering Sea at the Tymna lagoon. It is 268 kilometres (167 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 9,270 square kilometres (3,580 sq mi).[1]

The Tumanskaya and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia.

The sockeye salmon is common in its waters. Belugas are common in the Tumanskaya Lagoon.

There is a small populated place in the area close to its mouth also called Tumanskaya.

References

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  1. ^ "Река Туманская (в верховье Ныгчеквээм) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).