Pur | |
Other Name: | Пур |
Source1: | Pyakupur |
Source1 Location: | near Muravlenko, Yamalia |
Source1 Elevation: | 111m (364feet) |
Source2: | Ayvasedapur |
Source2 Location: | near Raduzhny, Khanty-Mansia |
Source2 Elevation: | 140m (460feet) |
Source Confluence Location: | near Tarko-Sale, Yamalia |
Source Confluence Coordinates: | 64.9472°N 77.8139°W |
Source Confluence Elevation: | 16m (52feet) |
Mouth: | Taz Estuary, Kara Sea |
Mouth Location: | near Nakhodka, Yamalia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 67.554°N 77.8838°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 5m (16feet) |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Name2: | Yamalia |
Length: | 389km (242miles) |
Basin Size: | 112000km2 |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
The Pur (Russian: Пур) is a river in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It has a length of 389km (242miles) —1024km (636miles) counting the length of the Pyakupur at its head. The area of its basin is 112000km2.
The Urengoy gas field and Gubkin gas and oil field are located in the basin of the Pur.
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.