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Tigil (river)

Tigil (river)

River in Russia

The Tigil (Russian: Тигиль) is a river on the western side of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. It is 300 kilometres (190 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 17,800 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).[1] The Cossack Luka Morozko was the first European to reach it in 1696.[2] The village Tigil lies on the river Tigil.

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  1. [1]
    "Река Тигиль (Большой Тигиль) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. [2]
    Lantzeff, George V., and Richard A. Pierce (1973). Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750. Montreal: McGill-Queen's U.P.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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