| Kamchatka | |
|---|---|
 Meanders | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
| • location | Ust-Kamchatsk |
| • coordinates | 56°12′12″N 162°29′04″E / 56.2032°N 162.4844°E / 56.2032; 162.4844 |
| Length | 758 km (471 mi) |
| Basin size | 55,900 km (21,600 sq mi) |
The Kamchatka (Russian: Камча́тка) is the longest river in Kamchatka peninsula, located in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. It flows into the Pacific Ocean at the town Ust-Kamchatsk, on the east coast of Kamchatka. It is 758 kilometres (471 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 55,900 square kilometres (21,600 sq mi). The river is rich with salmon, millions of which spawn yearly and which once supported the settlements of the native Itelmen.
Climate
Like most of its namesake peninsula, the basin of the Kamchatka River has at low altitudes a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with short, cool-to-comfortable summers and freezing, snowy winters.
| Climate data for Icha (Climate ID:32411) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
0.5 (32.9) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
6.1 (43.0) |
1.9 (35.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.8 (10.8) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
0.3 (32.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.1 (4.8) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
0.5 (32.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
7.3 (45.1) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−2.3 (27.8) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −26.3 (−15.3) |
−25.4 (−13.7) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.2 (34.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−22.5 (−8.5) |
−27.9 (−18.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.1 (−33.0) |
−35.1 (−31.2) |
−31 (−24) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−23.9 (−11.0) |
−30 (−22) |
−36.1 (−33.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) |
20 (0.8) |
20 (0.8) |
27 (1.1) |
34 (1.3) |
41 (1.6) |
66 (2.6) |
102 (4.0) |
74 (2.9) |
87 (3.4) |
77 (3.0) |
41 (1.6) |
614 (24.1) |
| Source: Roshydromet | |||||||||||||
References
- "Река Камчатка, Озёрная Камчатка in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- Map 3.7 (Kamchatka) Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine from the series prepared for the INSROP (International Northern Sea Route Programme) Working Paper No. 90 Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine in 1997.
- "Climate of Icha" (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
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