Ural River

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Ural River
Image:Ural river.png Map of the Ural River watershed
Origin	Russia
Mouth	Caspian Sea
Basin countries	Russia, Kazakhstan
Length	2,428 km (1,509 mi)
Source elevation
Avg. discharge	400 m³/s
Basin area	231,000 km² (89,190 mi²)

The Ural (Russian: Урал, Kazakh: Жайық, Jayıq or Zhayyq), known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan. It arises in the southern Ural Mountains and ends at the Caspian Sea. Its total length is 1,509 mi (2,428 km). It forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia.

It arises on the eastern side of the Urals, about 150 km north of Magnitogorsk, flows south through Magnitogorsk, and around the southern end of the Urals, through Orsk where it turns west for about 300 km, to Orenburg, when the Sakmara River joins. From Orenburg it continues west, passing into Kazakhstan, then turning south again at Oral, and meandering through a broad flat plain until it reaches the Caspian at Atyrau.

Tributaries, in order going upstream:

• Cagan River
• Irtek River
• Utva River
• Ilek River
  • Bol'saja Chobda
• Kindel'a River
• Sakmara River
  • Salmys River
• Or River
• Suunduk River

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