Chulym River (Malye Chany Lake)

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Chulym (Russian : Чулым) is a river in the endorheic drainage basin of Lake Chany in the southeastern part of the West Siberian Plain in Russia. The river is 392 kilometres (244 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 17,900 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).

Russian is an East Slavic language, which is official in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 25 December 1991. Although, nowadays, nearly three decades after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian is used in official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states, as well as in Israel and Mongolia, the rise of state-specific varieties of this language tends to be strongly denied in Russia, in line with the Russian World ideology.

Lake Chany is one of the largest lakes in Russia. It is a shallow, freshwater lake that has a fluctuating water level, which can change from season to season and year to year. A variety of ecosystems that surround the lake include a mixture of wetlands, salt marshes, and a mixture of birch and aspen forests. Lake Chany in particular is critically important for the migratory birds of Siberia, and is listed as a Ramsar Site of International Importance.

West Siberian Plain large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia

The West Siberian Plain, also known as Zapadno-sibirskaya Ravnina, is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River in the east, and by the Altay Mountains on the southeast. Much of the plain is poorly drained and consists of some of the world's largest swamps and floodplains. Important cities include Omsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Chelyabinsk.

The Chulym is formed by several tributaries in the Toyskoye Zaymishche (Russian: Тойское Займище) and Troshinskoye Zaymishche (Russian: Трошинское Займище) swamps north of Baraba Steppe, some 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Novosibirsk, at an elevation of 150 metres (490 ft). The river flows over the Baraba Steppe in a southwesterly direction, and flows through the lakes of Sargul (Russian: Саргуль), 34.6 square kilometres (13.4 sq mi), and Uryum (Russian: Урюм), 84.1 square kilometres (32.5 sq mi), before it finally terminates, at 106 metres (348 ft) elevation, in Malyye Chany Lake (Russian: Малые Чаны –Little Chany), which is connected to Lake Chany through a short strait.

Novosibirsk is the third-most populous city in Russia, after Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is the most populous city in Asian Russia, with a population of 1,612,833 as of the 2018 Census, and is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District.

Strait A naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water

A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. Most commonly it is a channel of water that lies between two land masses. Some straits are not navigable, for example because they are too shallow, or because of an unnavigable reef or archipelago.

In its lower reaches the river is some 30 metres (98 ft) wide and 5 metres (16 ft) deep. Its main tributaries are the Suma River (left), and the Kargat River (right).

The Kargat is a river in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Chulym River. The Kargat is 387 kilometres (240 mi) in length, with a drainage basin of 7,200 square kilometres (2,800 sq mi)

In its upper course is the town of Chulym, named after the river. Here the river is crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railway and the M51 highway.

Chulym, Chulymsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast Town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia

Chulym is a town and the administrative center of Chulymsky District in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Chulym River 131 kilometers (81 mi) of Novosibirsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,568 (2010 Census); 12,275 (2002 Census); 13,703 (1989 Census). It was previously known as Chulymskoye.

Trans-Siberian Railway network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan

The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East. With a length of 9,289 kilometres, from Moscow to Vladivostok, it is the longest railway line in the world. There are connecting branch lines into Mongolia, China and North Korea. It has connected Moscow with Vladivostok since 1916, and is still being expanded.

The Chulym is frozen over from November to April or May.

Coordinates: 54°36′22″N78°05′51″E / 54.6061°N 78.0975°E / 54.6061; 78.0975

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