Kargat (river)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kargat |
| native_name | ru |
| name_other | Каргат |
| image | Каргат М51 2008.jpg |
| pushpin_map | Russia Novosibirsk Oblast |
| pushpin_map_caption | Mouth location in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Russia |
| subdivision_type3 | Federal subject |
| subdivision_name3 | Novosibirsk Oblast |
| length | 387 km |
| mouth | Chulym |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| progression | Chulym → Malye Chany |
| :: |
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The Kargat () is a river in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Chulym. The Kargat is 387 km in length, with a drainage basin of 7210 km2.
Course
The river begins in the southern sections of the Vasyugan Swamp, at 143 m above sea level and flows in a southwesterly direction over the Baraba Steppe roughly parallel to the Chulym River. Finally it joins the left bank of the Chulym at an elevation of 110 m, shortly before its mouth in lake Malye Chany. A significant part of its waters either evaporates or is infiltrated in the ground, and the average discharge at the village of Nizhny Kargat, 36 km from its mouth, is just 8.54 m3/s. In its lower reaches the river is some 30 m wide and 2 m deep, with a flow rate of 0.1 m/s. The Kargat has no major tributaries. Lake Kargan is located within its basin.
In its middle course is the town of Kargat, named after the river. Here the river is crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railway and the M51 highway.
The Kargat is frozen over from November to April or May.
References
References
- {{GVR. 194345. Река Каргат (Каргатенок)
- "N-44 Topographic Chart (in Russian)".
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