Iset River
Iset | |
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Iset River in Yekaterinburg | |
Origin | Isetskoye Lake |
Mouth | Tobol River |
Basin countries | Russia |
Length | 606 km |
Avg. discharge | 105 km from mouth: 65.4 m³/s |
Basin area | 58 900 km² |
Iset River (Russian: Исе́ть) is a river in Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia. It rises in the Ural Mountains 25km northwest of Yekaterinburg and flows east into the Tobol River. To the north of its basin is that of Tura River and to the south, the Uy River. The length of the Iset River is 606 km. The area of its basin is 58,900 km². Yekaterinburg is at the northwest corner of its basin and Chelyabinsk near the southwest corner. The river freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Its main tributaries are the Miass, the Techa, and the Sinara Rivers. The cities of Sredneuralsk (at the head of the river), Yekaterinburg, Kamensk-Uralsky, Kataysk, Dalmatovo and Shadrinsk are located on the Iset River.
Coordinates: 56°35′55″N 66°17′22″E / 56.59861°N 66.28944°E