Kuta (river)
title: "Kuta (river)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-irkutsk-oblast"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-irkutsk-oblast" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuta_(river)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kuta |
| image | Заводь Домашнего острова.jpg |
| image_caption | View of the river |
| source1 | Lena-Angara Plateau |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_elevation | 650 m |
| mouth | Lena |
| mouth_location | Ust-Kut |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | 284 m |
| progression | |
| length | 408 km |
| basin_size | 12500 km2 |
| tributaries_right | Kupa |
| pushpin_map | Russia Irkutsk Oblast |
| pushpin_map_caption | Mouth location in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia |
| :: |
| name = Kuta | image = Заводь Домашнего острова.jpg | image_caption = View of the river | source1 = Lena-Angara Plateau | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = 650 m | mouth = Lena | mouth_location = Ust-Kut | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = 284 m | progression = | length = 408 km | basin_size = 12500 km2 | tributaries_right = Kupa | pushpin_map = Russia Irkutsk Oblast | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia The Kuta is a Siberian river north of Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, that flows into the Lena at Ust-Kut. With its right tributary, the Kupa, it forms a ‘T’ shape with the flat head pointing west and the point at Ust-Kut. The river is 408 km long and its basin is about 12500 km2.
Course
Its source is about 650 m above sea level and its mouth, 284 m. It flows first west and then south through the taiga and swampland of the Lena-Angara Plateau. At its juncture with the Kupa, it turns east and flows through a relatively narrow and deep valley to Ust-Kut. It is not navigable and is frozen from November to the middle of May. The upper course is practically uninhabited, but is used for forestry. The lower course has a few villages. The Baikal-Amur Mainline from Bratsk eastward runs along its north side for about 60 km. The next river to the west is the Ilim. In Cossack times a portage from the Ilim to the Kuta connected the Yenisei and Lena basins.
Tributaries
The Kupa is a right tributary that flows directly north and joins the Kuta where it turns east.
References
References
- "Kuta". Bol'shaya Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya (Great Soviet Encyclopedia (ru)).
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