Purpe River

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Purpe (Russian: Пурпе) - is a river in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. left tributary of the Pyakupur River The length of the Purpe River is 327 km. The area of the watershed is 5110 sq km. The most significant infusion -Puritey River (left). Flood normally begins in May, sometimes at the end of April, peaking in two weeks and will end in the second half of June. The average duration of approximately 2.0 months. -- from mid-May to mid-July. The biggest difference between the water level in the lower reaches approximately 4.0 m. The average multi-annual water flow of about 50 cubic meters. m / s, the annual runoff 1.5 cu. km, of which 1 / 2 runs during floods. In summer and autumn are generally low rainfall floods. The most abounding month - June, the low - March and April. River freezes usually in the second - the third decade of October, an average of 18 - 20 numbers, opened at the end of May. Freeze and an autopsy is accompanied by short ice. The average length of ice about 220 days. The average thickness of the ice at the end of winter 80 - 85 cm River are some deposits of hydrocarbon raw materials (Umseyskoe, Gubkinskoe, Purpeyskoe Southern, Eastern Purpeyskoe, Novopur-peyskoe, Komsomolskaya, North Komsomolskaya etc.)