Editing Angara (section)

{{short description|River in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia}}
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{{Infobox river
| name               = Angara
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<!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP -->
| image              = Косой бык - panoramio.jpg
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| map                = Yeniseirivermap.png
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| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-zoom      = 4
<!---------------------- LOCATION -->
| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[Russia]]
| subdivision_type2  = Regions
| subdivision_name2  = [[Irkutsk Oblast]], [[Krasnoyarsk Krai]]
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<!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -->
| length             = {{convert|1,849|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|16010100112116200000012|Река Ангара}}</ref> to {{convert|1,779|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Yenisey River">{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Yenisey-River|title=Yenisey River}}</ref>
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| discharge1_location= Confluence of the [[Yenisey]] (near mouth)
| discharge1_min     = 
| discharge1_avg     = {{convert|4,530|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} to {{convert|4,980|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="Yenisey River"/>
| discharge1_max     = 
<!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES -->
| source1            = [[Lake Baikal]]
| source1_location   = [[Baykal (port)|Baykal]], Irkutsk Oblast
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|51.867|N|104.818|E}}
| source1_elevation  = {{convert|389|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth              = [[Yenisey]]
| mouth_location     = [[Lesosibirsk]], Krasnoyarsk Krai
| mouth_coordinates  = {{coord|58.102|N|92.991|E|display=it}}
| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|75|m|abbr=on}}
| progression        = {{RYenisey}}
| basin_size         = {{convert|1,039,000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name=gvr/> to {{convert|1,056,000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name="Yenisey River"/>
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The '''Angara''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|æ|ŋ|ɡ|ə|ˈ|r|ɑː|,_|ˌ|ɑː|ŋ|-}}; {{langx|ru|Ангара}} {{IPA|ru|ənɡɐˈra|}}) or '''Angar''' ({{langx|bua|Ангар}} {{IPA|bua|ˈaɴɢɐr|}}) is a major river in [[Siberia]], which traces a course through [[Russia]]'s [[Irkutsk Oblast]] and [[Krasnoyarsk Krai]]. It drains out of [[Lake Baikal]] and is the [[headwater]] [[tributary]] of the [[Yenisey]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9007537/Angara-River |title=Angara River |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=2006-10-26 }}</ref> It is {{convert|1,849|km}} long, and has a [[drainage basin]] of {{convert|1,039,000|km2}}.<ref name=gvr/> It was formerly known as the '''Lower''' or '''Nizhnyaya Angara''' (distinguishing it from the [[Upper Angara River|Upper Angara]]).{{sfnp|EB|1878}} Below its junction with the [[Ilim River|Ilim]], it was formerly known as the '''Upper Tunguska''' ({{langx|ru|Верхняя Тунгуска}}, ''Verhnyaya Tunguska'', distinguishing it from the [[Lower Tunguska River|Lower Tunguska]])<ref>[http://igras.ru/index.php?r=111&id=2301 ВЕРХНЯЯ ТУНГУСКА] (Verkhnyaya Tunguska, in the dictionary of Russia's place names).</ref><ref>[http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Tunguska Tunguska], in Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia</ref> and, with the names reversed, as the '''Lower Tunguska'''.<ref>See, e.g., the 1773 Kitchen map above.</ref>