Kara (river)
The Kara is a river draining to the Arctic Kara Sea in Northern Siberia. It flows through the Pay-Khoy Mountains in the Polar Ural region, and forms parts of the borders between the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Komi Republic.
The length of the river, from the confluence of the Malaya and Bolshaya Kara to the mouth in the Baydaratskaya Bay is. Its drainage basin area is. The settlement of Ust-Kara is near the river mouth. The name of the river is derived from Nenets word meaning "hummocked ice".
