River Tura
River Tura, Sverdlovsk region, Russia
Description:
Tura is a river that passes through the Tyumen and Sverdlovsk regions of Russia. It is the left tributary of the Toboly River, which belongs to the Irtysh basin. The length of Tours is 1030 kilometers. The area of the basin of the reservoir is estimated at 80400 square kilometers.
The river is considered navigable. In the spring-summer period, passengers are transported here by ferries and boats.
On the Tura River there are three reservoirs and Verkhoturskaya hydroelectric power plant. This reservoir is the main source of water in Tyumen.
The main tributaries of the reservoir are the rivers Aktay, Pyshma, Nice, Tagil and Salda. The ice on the Tura River lasts 150 days. In April-May in its area there is a small flood.
On the river Tour are large Russian cities: Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Turinsk and Nizhny Tura. By the way, it was along the river that the sovereign road, or, as it was also called, Babinovskaya road, once passed.