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Tura River, also known as '''Dolgaya River''' (Long River) (''Тура́'', ''Долгая'' in Russian ) is a River in the Sverdlovsk Oblast and Tyumen Oblast in Russia . It is a left Tributary of Tobol . The length of the river is 1030 Km . The area of its Drainage Basin is 80,400 Sq Km .

The Tura River is navigable within 753 km from its Estuary . It freezes up in late October - November and stays under the ice until April - first half of May.

Its main Tributaries are the Salda , Tagil , Nitsa , Pyshma .

The cities of Verkhnyaya Tura , Nizhnyaya Tura , Verkhoturye , Turinsk and Tyumen are located on the Tura River.