Techa

The Techa is an eastward river on the eastern flank of the southern Ural Mountains noted for its nuclear contamination. It is 243 kilometres long, and its basin covers 7,600 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Russia
  • Also known as: Techa River

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ozersk.

Town
Ozyorsk or is a closed city in , . It had a population of 82,164 as of the 2010 census.

Techa

Latitude
55.7673° or 55° 46′ 2″ north
Longitude
60.7323° or 60° 43′ 56″ east
Elevation
226 metres (741 feet)
Open location code
9J72QP8J+WW
Geo­Names ID
8309750
Wiki­data ID
Q1062895
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Techa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر تيكا
  • Asturian: Ríu Techa
  • Bashkir: Тинес
  • Belarusian: Цеча
  • Cebuano: Techa
  • Chinese: 捷恰河
  • Croatian: Teča (Iset)
  • Croatian: Teča
  • Dutch: Tetsja
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر تيكا
  • French: Rivière Techa
  • French: Tetcha
  • German: Tetscha
  • Hungarian: Tyecsa
  • Irish: Abhainn Techa
  • Italian: Teča
  • Japanese: テカ川
  • Japanese: テチャ川
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tetsja
  • Persian: تچا
  • Portuguese: Techa
  • Russian: Теча
  • Spanish: Río Techa
  • Spanish: Río Tetcha
  • Tatar: Тыныч
  • Welsh: Afon Techa

Places with the Same Name

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Techa”. Photo: Ural-66, CC BY-SA 4.0.