Angara River

Angara River (Russian: Ангара) is 1779 km (1105 miles) long river in the oblast 'of Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east of Siberia, Russia. And 'the only river that flows out of Lake Baikal, and the water head and the Yenisey River.
Leaving the lake Baikal, near the settlement of Listvyanka (No. 104,818 to 51,867 ° E), the Angara flows into the northern cities of Irkutsk Oblast is Irkutsk, Angarsk, Bratsk and Ust Ilimsk. It then turns west, enters the Krasnoyarsk Krai, and falls into the Yenisei near Strelka (No. 92,991 to 58,102 ° E, 40 km southeast of Lesosibirsk).)
Below the junction with Ilim River the Angara is formerly known as the Upper Tunguska (Russian: Верхняя Тунгуска, Verkhnyaya Tunguska River), confusingly, some of the maps (eg, Atlas 1773 Kitchen - see picture), referring to the same side of the Lower Angara River Nizhnyaya Tunguska Tunguska - the name, which currently applies to another river.

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