Tura (river)
| Tura Dolgaya (Russian: Долгая) | |
|---|---|
The Tura near Verkhoturye | |
Tura watershed | |
| Native name | Тура́ (Russian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Cities | Verkhnyaya Tura, Nizhnyaya Tura, Verkhoturye, Turinsk, Tyumen |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Ural Mountains |
| • location | Khrebet-Ural'skii, Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| • coordinates | 58°24′32″N 59°21′32″E / 58.409°N 59.359°E |
| • elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
| Mouth | Tobol |
• location | Tarkhany, Tyumen Oblast |
• coordinates | 57°12′20″N 66°57′10″E / 57.2055°N 66.9529°E |
• elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Length | 1,030 km (640 mi) |
| Basin size | 80,400 km2 (31,000 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Tobol→ Irtysh→ Ob→ Kara Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Is |
| • right | Salda, Tagil, Nitsa, Pyshma |
The Tura (Russian: Тура́; Siberian Tatar: Түрé), also known as Dolgaya (Long River, Russian: Долгая), is a historically important Siberian river which flows eastward from the central Ural Mountains into the Tobol, a part of the Ob basin. The main town on it is Tyumen.