Donguz | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Ural |
• coordinates | 51°44′24″N 54°45′27″E / 51.7401°N 54.7576°E |
Length | 95 km (59 mi) |
Basin size | 1,240 km2 (480 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Ural→ Caspian Sea |
The Donguz (Russian: Донгуз) is a river in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Ural River. It is 95 kilometres (59 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 1,240 square kilometres (480 sq mi).[1]
The settlement of Pervomaysky and the Donguz test site are by the river.
The outcrops on the banks of the river (Donguz Formation) are of interest for palaeontology, and a number of discoveries have been made there.
References
- ^ "Река Донгуз in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).