Pur
Пур
Pur (Russia) is located in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Pur (Russia)
Mouth location in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
CountryYamalia
Physical characteristics
SourcePyakupur
  locationnear Muravlenko, Yamalia
  coordinates63°12′11″N 73°54′18″E / 63.203°N 73.905°E / 63.203; 73.905
  elevation111 m (364 ft)
2nd sourceAyvasedapur
  locationnear Raduzhny, Khanty-Mansia
  coordinates63°03′29″N 80°32′13″E / 63.058°N 80.537°E / 63.058; 80.537
  elevation140 m (460 ft)
Source confluence 
  locationnear Tarko-Sale, Yamalia
  coordinates64°56′50″N 77°48′50″E / 64.9472°N 77.8139°E / 64.9472; 77.8139
  elevation16 m (52 ft)
MouthTaz Estuary, Kara Sea
  location
near Nakhodka, Yamalia
  coordinates
67°33′14″N 77°53′02″E / 67.554°N 77.8838°E / 67.554; 77.8838
  elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Length389 km (242 mi)
Basin size112,000 km2 (43,000 sq mi)

The Pur (Russian: Пур) is a river in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It has a length of 389 kilometres (242 mi)1,024 kilometres (636 mi) counting the length of the Pyakupur at its head. The area of its basin is 112,000 square kilometres (43,000 sq mi).[1]

The Urengoy gas field and Gubkin gas and oil field are located in the basin of the Pur.

Course

The Pur is formed at the confluence of the Pyakupur and Ayvasedapur rivers, which have their sources in the northern slopes of the Siberian Uvaly. It flows roughly northwards across the northern West Siberian Plain, meandering strongly. In its lower course its channel divided into branches. Purovsky District is named after the river. Just a few miles west of the mouth of the Taz, the Pur flows into the Taz Estuary, which is connected through the Gulf of Ob with the Kara Sea. The river freezes up in November and stays icebound until May.

See also

References

  1. "Река ПУР in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).


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