Ay River
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Ay River is a river in Bashkortostan
and Chelyabinsk Oblast
in Russia
, a left tributary of the Ufa River
. The length of the river is 549 km, the area of its drainage basin
is 15,000 km². The Ay freezes up in late October - early November and remains icebound until mid-April. A city of Zlatoust
is located on the Ay River.
Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan , also known as Bashkiria is a federal subject of Russia . It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is the city of Ufa...
and Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast
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in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, a left tributary of the Ufa River
Ufa River
Ufa River is a river in the Urals, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, and the Republic of Bashkortostan; a tributary of the Belaya River. It is 918 km in length. The area of the basin is 53,100 km². It freezes up between late October and early December and stays under the ice until...
. The length of the river is 549 km, the area of its drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
is 15,000 km². The Ay freezes up in late October - early November and remains icebound until mid-April. A city of Zlatoust
Zlatoust
Zlatoust is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Ay River , west of Chelyabinsk. Population: 181,000 ; 161,000 ; 99,000 ; 48,000 ; 21,000 ....
is located on the Ay River.