Angara (äng'gərä`, Rus. ŭn'gərä`), river, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) long, SE Siberian Russia, the outlet of Lake Baykal Baykal or Baikal (both: bīkäl`), lake, 12,160 sq mi (31,494 sq km), SE Siberian Russia.
..... Click the link for more information. . After leaving the southwestern end of Lake Baykal, it flows north past Irkutsk Irkutsk (ĭrk
tsk`), city (1989 pop.
..... Click the link for more information. and Bratsk, then turns west after receiving the Ilim River and flows into the Yenisei Yenisei (yĕnĭsā`, Rus. yĕnyĭsyā`), chief river of Siberia, c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) long, central Siberian Russia.
..... Click the link for more information. River near Strelka. Below its junction with the Ilim River the Angara is known also as the Upper Tunguska Lower Tunguska, Rus. Nizhnyaya Tunguska (nyēzh`nyīŭ t
..... Click the link for more information. (Rus. Verkhnyaya Tunguska).
Angara
..... Click the link for more information. . After leaving the southwestern end of Lake Baykal, it flows north past Irkutsk Irkutsk (ĭrk
tsk`), city (1989 pop...... Click the link for more information. and Bratsk, then turns west after receiving the Ilim River and flows into the Yenisei Yenisei (yĕnĭsā`, Rus. yĕnyĭsyā`), chief river of Siberia, c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) long, central Siberian Russia.
..... Click the link for more information. River near Strelka. Below its junction with the Ilim River the Angara is known also as the Upper Tunguska Lower Tunguska, Rus. Nizhnyaya Tunguska (nyēzh`nyīŭ t
..... Click the link for more information. (Rus. Verkhnyaya Tunguska).
The Angara is navigable between Irkutsk and Bratsk; below Bratsk there are many rapids. At Bratsk is a large dam with one of the world's largest hydroelectric power plants (c.4.5 million kW); a smaller hydroelectric station is at Irkutsk. Two other dams span the river, making it one of the world's greatest sources of hydroelectric power. Iron, coal, and gold deposits are found in the Angara basin, and aluminum and pulp are processed.
The
Upper Angara River (Rus. Verkhnyaya Angara), c.200 mi (320 km) long, rises NE of Lake Baykal and flows SW through the Buryat Republic into the lake; it is partly navigable.
Angara
a river in S Russia, in Siberia, flowing from Lake Baikal north and west to the Yenisei River: important for hydroelectric power. Length: 1840 km (1150 miles)
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