PECHORA RIVER


Meaning of PECHORA RIVER in English

River, northeastern Russia.

It rises in the northern Ural Mountains and flows south, then west and north to enter the Barents Sea after a course of 1,124 mi (1,809 km). It is frozen from early November to early May. Its basin contains large deposits of coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

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