Editing Upper Angara

{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the (Lower) [[Angara]], the outflow of Lake Baikal.}}
{{Infobox river
| name              = Upper Angara
| image             = Verkhnyaya Angara.jpg
| image_caption     = View from the [[Baikal Amur Mainline|BAM]] railway bridge across the Upper Angara near [[Novy Uoyan]]
| source1           = [[Delyun-Uran Range]]<br>[[Stanovoy Highlands]]
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|56|36|51|N|113|45|21|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:RU}} 
| source1_elevation = {{convert|1600|m|abbr=on}} 
| mouth             = [[Lake Baikal]]
| mouth_location    = 
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55|42|24|N|109|52|33|E|source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=it}} 
| progression       = {{RLake Baikal}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Russia]]
| length            = {{convert|438|km|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg    = {{convert|258|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size        = {{convert|21400|km2|abbr=on}}
| pushpin_map        = Russia Buryatia
| pushpin_map_size   = 
| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in [[Buryatia]], Russia
}}
The '''Upper Angara''' ({{Langx|ru|Верхняя Ангара}}, ''Verkhnyaya Angara''; {{Langx|bua|Дээдэ Ангар}}, ''Deede Angar'') is a river in [[Buryatia]], [[Siberia]] to the northeast of [[Lake Baikal]]. the third longest river in the Baikal basin. It is {{convert|438|km}} long, and has a [[drainage basin]] of {{convert|21400|km2}}.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|210479|Река Верхняя Ангара}} (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>[http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.1881555&lon=103.8867188&z=6&l=0&m=b Wikimapia approximate site of basin]</ref>
==Course==
The Upper Angara rises at about {{convert|1600|m|abbr=on}} in an area of small [[glacial lake]]s 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 Range|Upper Angara]] and the [[Barguzin Range|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>[https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/1083/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0 Верхняя Ангара - Water of Russia], ''water-rf.ru''</ref>

The main tributaries of the Upper Angara are the {{convert|64|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Angarakan, the {{convert|87|km|mi|abbr=on}} long [[Yanchui]], the {{convert|124|km|mi|abbr=on}} long [[Churo]] and the {{convert|245|km|mi|abbr=on}} long [[Kotera (river)|Kotera]].<ref name=gvr/> 
{|
|- valign="top" 
|[[File:Enisey.png|thumb|220px|Yenisei basin with the Upper Angara at the NE end of Lake Baikal.]]
|[[File:Upper Angara Range ONC E-8.jpg|thumb|360px|Upper Angara Range and Upper Angara River.]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of rivers of Russia]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{citation |contribution=[[s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Upper and Lower Angara|Upper and Lower Angara]] |title=Encyclopædia Britannica|edition= 9th |volume=II |editor-last=Baynes |editor-first=Thomas Spencer |display-editors=0 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |date=1878 |ref={{harvid|EB|1878}} |page=26 }}.

[[Category:Rivers of Buryatia]]
[[Category:Stanovoy Highlands]]


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