Bolshoy Ik
Appearance
Bolshoy Ik | |
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Location | |
Country | Bashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast, Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | South Urals, Bashkortostan |
Mouth | Sakmara |
• location | Saraktash, Orenburg Oblast |
• coordinates | 51°49′24″N 56°23′22″E / 51.82333°N 56.38944°E |
Length | 341 km (212 mi) |
Basin size | 7,670 km2 (2,960 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 61 m3/s (2,200 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sakmara→ Ural→ Caspian Sea |
The Bolshoy Ik (Russian: Большой Ик, literally Greater Ik; Bashkir: Оло Ыйыҡ, Olo Iyıq) is a tributary of the Sakmara, which flows south from the southern end of the Ural Mountains in Bashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast, Russia.
The river is generally fed by snowmelt.[1]