Miass (river)

River in Russia

56°05′18″N 64°30′00″E / 56.0882°N 64.5°E / 56.0882; 64.5Length658 km (409 mi)Basin size21,800 km² (8,400 sq mi)Basin featuresProgressionIset→ Tobol→ Irtysh→ Ob→ Kara Sea

Miass River at the southwest corner of the Ob Basin (double click to expand)

The Miass (Bashkir: Мейәс, Meyäs) is a river on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains in Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast and Kurgan Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Iset, part of the Irtysh basin.^[1] It is 149 kilometres (93 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 13,700 square kilometres (5,300 sq mi).^[2] The cities Chelyabinsk and Miass are located on the river.^[1]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Миасс (река в Челябинской и Курганской областях), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
^ "Река Миасс in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
^ "Miass". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
^ "View of the Miass River at Chelyabinsk". World Digital Library. Retrieved 19 November 2019.