Katun
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- ''for the steel inverted roller coaster, see Katun (roller coaster)
The
Katun River (
Катунь in Russian) is a
river in the
Altai Republic and the
Altai Krai of
Russia. It forms the
Ob River as it joins the
Biya River some 19
km southwest of
Biysk. The Katun River is 648 km long, the
area of its
drainage basin is 60,900
sq km. It originates in the Katun
glaciers on the southern slope of the
Belukha Mountain. The river freezes up in the late November - early December and breaks up in the early or mid-April. The Katun River has a few tributaries: Argut River, Chuya River, Koksa River and Sema River. The river is floatable.
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