The Berd ( Russian : Бердь ) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob .
4-707: The Berd begins on the western slopes of the Salair ridge , flows 30 kilometres (19 mi) in Altai Krai territory and the rest in Novosibirsk Oblast . The river empties into the Novosibirsk Reservoir , which submerged 40 kilometres (25 mi) of the original Berd river after construction. The Berd is 363 kilometres (226 mi) long and was formerly 416 kilometres (258 mi) long. Its drainage basin covers 8,650 square kilometres (3,340 sq mi). The Ik
8-458: Is a tributary flowing into it from the north. Another river flowing into it is the Anfimov Mocheg . Discharge averages 45.8 cubic metres per second (1,620 cu ft/s). Ice forms on the river in the first weeks of November and breaks apart in mid-April. Naming, it is thought, is from Turkic languages "Berdi" with the meaning of "given". Two cities, Berdsk and Iskitim , are along
12-684: The Kuznetsk Depression from the Ob River Plain to the southwest, ending with the Bugotak Hills . Its main ridge is nearly parallel to that of the Kuznetsk Alatau . The ridge is some 300 kilometres (190 mi) in length and between 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) and 40 kilometres (25 mi) wide. The mountains are rich in complex ores . The highest peak is Kivda ( Russian : Кивда ), at 621 metres (2,037 ft). Major rivers include
16-562: The river. Salair ridge Salair Ridge (pronounced sah-lah-EER ; Russian : Салаирский кряж is a plateau -type highland in Altai Krai , Kemerovo Oblast and Novosibirsk Oblast , Russian Federation . There are ski resorts in the mountains. The Salair National Park is a protected area in the western slopes. It is a low and eroded prolongation of the Altai Mountains in Southwestern Siberia and separates
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