Miass (river)

The Miass (Bashkir: Мейәс, Meyäs) is a river on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains in Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast and Kurgan Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Iset, part of the Irtysh basin.^[1] It is 149 kilometres (93 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 13,700 square kilometres (5,300 sq mi).^[2] The cities Chelyabinsk and Miass are located on the river.^[1][3][4]

Miass
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Iset
• coordinates	56°05′18″N 64°30′00″E / 56.0882°N 64.5°E / 56.0882; 64.5
Length	658 km (409 mi)
Basin size	21,800 km2 (8,400 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Iset→ Tobol→ Irtysh→ Ob→ Kara Sea