Chita River

Chita (Russian: Чита), locally also called Chitinka (Читинка), is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia. It is 160 km long, and is a tributary of the Ingoda River (in Amur's drainage basin). The river has its sources in the Yablonovy Mountains, and then flows in a south-southwesterly direction, until it joins the Ingoda River in the city of Chita (which has its name from the river).

The river is heavily polluted, particularly from runoff from the city of Chita. In the years following the breakup of the Soviet Union there were also built a large number of holiday houses (dachas) along the river. This, combined with infills and straightening of river bends and other developments in the river bed, has made the river narrower and caused the waterlevels to rise. Because of this the risk of flooding in the spring has increased considerably.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Чита: РЕКА ЧИТА МЕДЛЕННО УМИРАЕТ. ГОРОДСКОЙ АДМИНИСТРАЦИИ ОНА НЕ НУЖНА". zabinfo.ru. 21 juli 2006. http://zabinfo.ru/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=21781&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0. Retrieved 2008-09-04.