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{{Short description|River in Tyumen Oblast, Russia}}
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{{Infobox river
| name               = Tura
| native_name        ={{native name|ru|Тура́}}
| name_other         = Dolgaya ({{Langx|ru|Долгая}})
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| image              = Rika Tura.jpg
| image_size         = 270
| image_caption      = The Tura near [[Verkhoturye]]
| map                = Tura watershed 2 layers en.svg
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| map_caption        = Tura watershed
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| mapframe-zoom      = 5
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| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[Russia]]
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| subdivision_type5  = Cities
| subdivision_name5  = [[Verkhnyaya Tura]], [[Nizhnyaya Tura]], [[Verkhoturye]], [[Turinsk]], [[Tyumen]]
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| length             = {{convert|1030|km|mi|abbr=on}} 
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| source1            = [[Ural Mountains]]
| source1_location   = Khrebet-Ural'skii, [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]]
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|58.409|59.359|format=dms|display=i}}
| source1_elevation  = {{Convert|405|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| mouth              = [[Tobol]]
| mouth_location     = Tarkhany, [[Tyumen Oblast]]
| mouth_coordinates  = {{coord|57.2055|66.9529|format=dms|display=it}}
| mouth_elevation    = {{Convert|44|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| progression        = {{RTobol}}
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| basin_size         = {{convert|80400|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left   = [[Is (river)|Is]]
| tributaries_right  = [[Salda (Tura)|Salda]], [[Tagil]], [[Nitsa]], [[Pyshma (river)|Pyshma]]
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The '''Tura''' ({{Langx|ru|Тура́}}; {{langx|sty|Түрé}}), also known as '''Dolgaya''' (Long River, {{Langx|ru|Долгая}}), is a historically important Siberian river which flows eastward from the central [[Ural Mountains]] into the [[Tobol]], a part of the [[Ob (river)|Ob]] basin. The main town on it is [[Tyumen]].

==Description==
From about 1600 to 1750 the Tura was the main entry point into Siberia. Most people and goods entering or leaving passed through the customs house at [[Verkhoturye]]. There are a number of mining towns in the upper Tura basin.

===Geography===
It is located in the [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]] and [[Tyumen Oblast]] in [[Russia]]. It is {{convert|1030|km|mi}} long with a [[drainage basin]] of {{convert|80400|km2|mi2}}.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|196384|Река Тура (Долгая)}}</ref> The Tura is navigable within {{convert|753|km|mi}} of its mouth. It freezes up in late October through November and stays under the ice until April or the first half of May.

The Tura basin is bounded on the west by the Ural Mountains with the city of [[Perm, Russia|Perm]], on the north by the [[Tavda (river)|Tavda]] basin, on the east by the Tobol with the city of [[Tobolsk]] and on the south by the [[Iset (river)|Iset]] basin with the city of [[Yekaterinburg]].

The Tura flows north through [[Verkhnyaya Tura]] and [[Nizhnyaya Tura]], receives an east-flowing river from the mining town of [[Kachkanar]], flows east past Verkhoturye, turns east-southeast, receives the [[Tagil]] from the west, passes [[Turinsk]], receives the east-flowing [[Nitsa]], passes Tyumen, turns directly east, receives the east-flowing [[Pyshma (river)|Pyshma]] from the south and joins the Tobol River southwest of Tobolsk.

The Tura basin is fan-shaped with the Tura on the north side and the Pyshma on the south.

== References ==
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[[Category:Rivers of Sverdlovsk Oblast]]
[[Category:Rivers of Tyumen Oblast]]
[[Category:Ural Mountains]]


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