Tigil (river)

River in Russia

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°E﻿ / 58.02500; 158.20861
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[edit]

1. ^ "Река Тигиль (Большой Тигиль) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
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.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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