Bolshoy Ik

Bolshoy Ik
Very small ford across the Bolshoy Ik
Map
Location
CountryBashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast, Russia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouth Urals, Bashkortostan
MouthSakmara
 • location
Saraktash, Orenburg Oblast
 • coordinates
51°49′24″N 56°23′22″E / 51.82333°N 56.38944°E / 51.82333; 56.38944
Length341 km (212 mi)
Basin size7,670 km2 (2,960 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average61 m3/s (2,200 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionSakmaraUralCaspian Sea

The Bolshoy Ik (Russian: Большой Ик, literally Greater Ik; Bashkir: Оло Ыйыҡ, Olo Iyıq) is a tributary of the Sakmara, which flows south from the southern end of the Ural Mountains in Bashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast, Russia. The Bolshoy Ik flows into the Sakmara at Saraktash.

The river is generally fed by snowmelt.[1]

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