Angara

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For other uses, see Angara (disambiguation).

Image:Angara watershed.png The Angara (Russian Ангара́) is a river, 1840 km (1150 miles) long, in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia. It is the only river flowing out of Lake Baikal, and is a headwater of the Yenisei.

After leaving the southwestern end of Lake Baikal near the town of Listvyanka, it flows north past the cities of Irkutsk and Bratsk, then turns west after receiving the Ilim River and flows into the Yenisei River near Strelka.

Below its junction with the Ilim River the Angara is also known as the Upper Tunguska (Russian Verkhnyaya Tunguska). The Angara is navigable between Irkutsk and Bratsk; below Bratsk there are many rapids. At Bratsk there is the large dam of the Bratsk Reservoir; it has one of the world's largest hydroelectric power plants (ca. 4,500 MW); a smaller (660 MW) hydroelectric station is at Irkutsk. Two other dams span the river, making it one of the world's greatest sources of hydroelectric power.bg:Ангара de:Angara et:Angara es:Angara eo:Angara ko:앙가라 강 hr:Angara lt:Angara hu:Angara nl:Angara ja:アンガラ川 pl:Angara ru:Ангара sr:Ангара fi:Angara uk:Ангара