| Belaya | |
| Other Name: | Белая Эссовеем — Пальматкина |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Federal subject |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kamchatka Krai |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Penzhinsky District |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 62.7703°N 169.5403°W |
| Mouth: | Penzhina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 62.4978°N 166.3353°W |
| Progression: | Penzhina → Sea of Okhotsk |
| Length: | 304km (189miles) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 138m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 13800km2 |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Kamchatka Krai |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Kamchatka Krai |
The Belaya (Russian: Белая) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. The length of the river is 304km (189miles) and the area of is drainage basin 13800km2. It is the most important tributary of the Penzhina, followed by the Oklan.
The Belaya has its source as the Palmatkina in the western slopes of the Vaeg Range, in the center of the Koryak Highlands. It is joined by the Essoveyem from the left and flows roughly southwestwards skirting the southeastern limits of the Penzhina Range, draining the Parapolsky Dol, a plain between both ranges. It approaches the Penzhina in a swampy floodplain with numerous small lakes. Finally it meets the left bank of the Penzhina upstream from Kamenskoye.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The river is fed by snow and rain. It freezes between mid October and mid May. The largest tributaries are the Vetvistaya from the right, and the Khonteklyakkuul, Umkavylkuul, Imlan, Kuyuln, Tundrovaya, Essoveem (Evytkenveem), Gaychaveem (Ilgilkhivayam) and Bolshoy Upupkin from the left. There are 4,844 lakes in the river basin with a total area of 176km2.[3]
