Angara

Angara
Location
Country	Russia
Regions	Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Baikal
• location	Baykal, Irkutsk Oblast
• coordinates	51°52′01″N 104°49′05″E / 51.867°N 104.818°E / 51.867; 104.818
• elevation	389 m (1,276 ft)
Mouth	Yenisey
• location	Lesosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai
• coordinates	58°06′07″N 92°59′28″E / 58.102°N 92.991°E / 58.102; 92.991
• elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Length	1,849 km (1,149 mi)[1] to 1,779 km (1,105 mi)[2]
Basin size	1,039,000 km2 (401,000 sq mi)[1] to 1,056,000 km2 (408,000 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• location	Confluence of the Yenisey (near mouth)
• average	4,530 m3/s (160,000 cu ft/s) to 4,980 m3/s (176,000 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
Progression	Yenisey→ Kara Sea

The Angara (Russian: Ангара́, [ənɡɐˈra]; Buryat: Ангар, Angar, lit. "Cleft"^{[citation needed]}) is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisey.^[3] It is 1,849 kilometres (1,149 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,039,000 square kilometres (401,000 sq mi).^[1] It was formerly known as the Lower or Nizhnyaya Angara (distinguishing it from the Upper Angara).^[4] Below its junction with the Ilim, it was formerly known as the Upper Tunguska (Russian: Верхняя Тунгуска, Verhnyaya Tunguska, distinguishing it from the Lower Tunguska)^[5][6] and, with the names reversed, as the Lower Tunguska.^[7]