{{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}} Template:Infobox river The Upper Angara (Template:Langx, Verkhnyaya Angara; Template:Langx, Deede Angar) is a river in Buryatia, Siberia to the northeast of Lake Baikal. the third longest river in the Baikal basin. It is Template:Convert long, and has a drainage basin of Template:Convert.<ref name=gvr>Template:GVR (Upper Angara River)</ref>
The Baikal–Amur Mainline runs along the north side of the river northeast up its valley, crossing between Anamakit and Novy Uoyan and crossing the river a second time upstream before heading into the mountains.<ref>Wikimapia approximate site of basin</ref>
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The Upper Angara rises at about Template:Convert in an area of small glacial lakes of the Delyun-Uran range, right by the Northern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands. It its upper course the river flows in a WSW direction across mountainous terrain, with rapids and waterfalls. It enters then a floodplain and crosses the spurs of the Upper Angara and the Barguzin ranges. Near Yanchukan it flows through the Upper Angara tectonic basin. Finally it ends in Lake Baikal forming a delta in the shallow northern end of the lake, separated from the deep part by long sandy spits, including Yarki Island. The Upper Angara is navigable in its last stretch.<ref name=WR>Верхняя Ангара - Water of Russia, water-rf.ru</ref>
The main tributaries of the Upper Angara are the Template:Convert long Angarakan, the Template:Convert long Yanchui, the Template:Convert long Churo and the Template:Convert long Kotera.<ref name=gvr/>
File:Enisey.png Yenisei basin with the Upper Angara at the NE end of Lake Baikal. |
File:Upper Angara Range ONC E-8.jpg Upper Angara Range and Upper Angara River. |
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