Turya Explained

Turya
Mouth Coordinates:59.7761°N 60.6724°W
Progression:Sosva
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:128km (80miles)
Basin Size:1160km2

The Turya (Russian: Турья́) is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Sosva. It is 128km (80miles) long, with a drainage basin of 1160km2.

The river has its sources in the boggy regions east of the central Ural Mountains. It flows eastwards through a relatively open and somewhat boggy landscape, and flows into the Sosva some 25km (16miles) east of Krasnoturyinsk. The river is 10mto40mm (30feetto130feetm) wide. It freezes over in late October, and stays frozen until late April or early May. Along the Turya lie the towns of Krasnoturyinsk and Karpinsk.

In 1943 a dam was built across the river at Krasnoturyinsk. The resulting Bogoslovskoye Reservoir is 18m (59feet) deep, about 0.5km (00.3miles) wide and 8km (05miles) long, and stretches to the neighbouring town of Karpinsk. Later, more dams were built upstream.

The river is polluted as a result of nearby industries, like the Bogoslovsky Aluminium Plant, a chicken factory, and a power plant, in addition to runoff from the towns of Krasnoturyinsk and Karpinsk.

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