Kamchatka River
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The Kamchatka River runs eastward for 758 kilometres (471 mi) through Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East
towards the Pacific Ocean
. The river is rich with salmon
, millions of which spawn yearly and which once supported the settlements of the native Itelmen.
Russian Far East
Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean...
towards the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
. The river is rich with salmon
Salmon
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...
, millions of which spawn yearly and which once supported the settlements of the native Itelmen.