Or (river)

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| name = Or

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| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Russia, Kazakhstan

| mouth = Ural

| mouth_location = Orsk

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|51.1856|N|58.5411|E|source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=it}}

| progression = {{RUral}}

| length = {{convert|332|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| basin_size = {{convert|18600|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}

| pushpin_map = Russia

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| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Russia

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The Or ({{langx|ru|Орь}}, {{langx|kk|Ор}}) is a river in Orenburg Oblast of Russia and Aktobe Province of Kazakhstan. It is a left tributary of the Ural, and is 332 km long, with a drainage basin of 18 600 km2.{{Cite web|url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=186519 |title=Поиск по данным государственного водного реестра |publisher=State Water Register |date=29 March 2009 |access-date=27 March 2020 |language=ru}} The river is formed by the confluence of the rivers Shiyli and Terisbutak,{{Cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Prokhorov |editor-first=Alexander |encyclopedia=Great Soviet Encyclopedia |title=Or |language=ru |edition=3rd |location=Moscow |year=1969–1978 |volume=30 }} which have their sources on the western slopes of the Mugodzhar Hills, and it joins the Ural by the city of Orsk. Most of its discharge are from melting snow. The average discharge, 61 km from its mouth, is 21.3 m3/sek. The spring flooding lasts from April to mid-May. The rest of the year the waterlevel is very low. The river freezes in late October and is icebound until March – April. The river is used for irrigation and water supply.

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Category:Rivers of Orenburg Oblast

Category:Rivers of Kazakhstan

Category:International rivers of Asia

Category:Ural basin

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