Kamchatka (river)

River in Kamchatka, Russia

Kamchatka

Meanders

Location of mouth

Location
Country| Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth| Pacific Ocean

• location

| Ust-Kamchatsk

• coordinates

| 56°12′12″N 162°29′04″E﻿ / ﻿56.2032°N 162.4844°E﻿ / 56.2032; 162.4844
Length| 758 km (471 mi)
Basin size| 55,900 km2 (21,600 sq mi)
Kamchatka River

The Kamchatka (Russian: Камча́тка) is the longest river in Kamchatka peninsula, located in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. It flows into the Pacific Ocean at the town Ust-Kamchatsk, on the east coast of Kamchatka. It is 758 kilometres (471 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 55,900 square kilometres (21,600 sq mi).[1] The river is rich with salmon, millions of which spawn yearly and which once supported the settlements of the native Itelmen.[2]

## Climate

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Like most of its namesake peninsula, the basin of the Kamchatka River has at low altitudes a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with short, cool-to-comfortable summers and freezing, snowy winters.

Climate data for Icha (Climate ID:32411)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 7.2
(45.0)  | 6.6
(43.9)  | 8.4
(47.1)  | 13.8
(56.8)  | 19.8
(67.6)  | 25.6
(78.1)  | 30.1
(86.2)  | 27.8
(82.0)  | 25.4
(77.7)  | 19.4
(66.9)  | 13.0
(55.4)  | 8.8
(47.8)  | 30.1
(86.2)
Mean maximum °C (°F)  | 0.2
(32.4)  | 0.5
(32.9)  | 4.3
(39.7)  | 7.0
(44.6)  | 11.8
(53.2)  | 16.3
(61.3)  | 21.0
(69.8)  | 20.6
(69.1)  | 17.3
(63.1)  | 11.1
(52.0)  | 6.1
(43.0)  | 1.9
(35.4)  | 22.5
(72.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | −8.5
(16.7)  | −7.6
(18.3)  | −3.4
(25.9)  | 0.5
(32.9)  | 5.7
(42.3)  | 10.1
(50.2)  | 14.1
(57.4)  | 15.2
(59.4)  | 12.5
(54.5)  | 6.2
(43.2)  | −0.2
(31.6)  | −5.5
(22.1)  | 3.3
(37.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | −11.8
(10.8)  | −11.0
(12.2)  | −6.9
(19.6)  | −2.5
(27.5)  | 2.8
(37.0)  | 7.3
(45.1)  | 11.5
(52.7)  | 12.7
(54.9)  | 9.8
(49.6)  | 3.6
(38.5)  | −2.7
(27.1)  | −8.6
(16.5)  | 0.3
(32.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −15.1
(4.8)  | −14.6
(5.7)  | −10.3
(13.5)  | −5.3
(22.5)  | 0.5
(32.9)  | 5.4
(41.7)  | 9.4
(48.9)  | 10.8
(51.4)  | 7.3
(45.1)  | 1.2
(34.2)  | −5.4
(22.3)  | −11.8
(10.8)  | −2.3
(27.8)
Mean minimum °C (°F)  | −26.3
(−15.3)  | −25.4
(−13.7)  | −20.6
(−5.1)  | −13.6
(7.5)  | −4.3
(24.3)  | 1.2
(34.2)  | 5.9
(42.6)  | 5.9
(42.6)  | 1.3
(34.3)  | −5.6
(21.9)  | −15.4
(4.3)  | −22.5
(−8.5)  | −27.9
(−18.2)
Record low °C (°F)  | −36.1
(−33.0)  | −35.1
(−31.2)  | −31
(−24)  | −26.7
(−16.1)  | −10.7
(12.7)  | −2.3
(27.9)  | 1.1
(34.0)  | −0.8
(30.6)  | −3.9
(25.0)  | −12.6
(9.3)  | −23.9
(−11.0)  | −30
(−22)  | −36.1
(−33.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 25
(1.0)  | 20
(0.8)  | 20
(0.8)  | 27
(1.1)  | 34
(1.3)  | 41
(1.6)  | 66
(2.6)  | 102
(4.0)  | 74
(2.9)  | 87
(3.4)  | 77
(3.0)  | 41
(1.6)  | 614
(24.1)
Source: Roshydromet[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Река Камчатка, Озёрная Камчатка in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
2. ^ Map 3.7 (Kamchatka) Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine from the series prepared for the INSROP (International Northern Sea Route Programme) Working Paper No. 90 Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine in 1997.
3. ^ "Climate of Icha" (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Retrieved 8 November 2019.

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