Tigil (river)

Tigil
Tigil
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Sea of Okhotsk
• location	Shelikhov Gulf
• coordinates	58°01′30″N 158°12′31″E / 58.02500°N 158.20861°ECoordinates: 58°01′30″N 158°12′31″E / 58.02500°N 158.20861°E
Length	300 km (190 mi)
Basin size	17,800 km2 (6,900 sq mi)

The Tigil (Russian: Тигиль) is a river on the western side of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. It is 300 kilometres (190 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 17,800 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).^[1] The Cossack Luka Morozko was the first European to reach it in 1696.^[2] The village Tigil lies on the river Tigil.

References[]

^ Река Тигиль (Большой Тигиль) in the State Water Register of Russia (Russian)
^ Lantzeff, George V., and Richard A. Pierce (1973). Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750. Montreal: McGill-Queen's U.P.

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[gvr-1] Река Тигиль (Большой Тигиль) in the State Water Register of Russia (Russian)

[Lantzeff-2] Lantzeff, George V., and Richard A. Pierce (1973). Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750. Montreal: McGill-Queen's U.P.

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