Yegorlyk
river in Stavropol Krai, Russia
The Yegorlyk or Greater Yegorlyk (Russian: Егорлык or Большой Егорлык) is a north-flowing river on the Black Sea-Caspian Steppe of southern Russia, a left tributary of the Manych. It is 448 kilometres (278 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 15,000 square kilometres (5,800 sq mi). Since the Manych flows into the Don it is the southernmost tributary of the Don, if one excludes the Kalaus.
Etymology
The name of the river comes from Turkic agri, meaning "curved". Its Russian name was influenced by the given name Egor. Its name in Kalmyk is Oirat: Егорлг, romanized: Yegorlg, [jɛɡərˈlək]).
Fauna
Several introduced species are present in the Yegorlyk catchment area. This includes the spotted forked catfish (Ictalurus punctatus, "Channel catfish"), which was imported for fish farming from the United States (Arkansas) in the 1970s and subsequently also spread outside the fish farms. Another fish is the gobioninae species Romanogobio pentatrichus, which migrated independently from the Kuban, its original distribution area, via the Nevinnomyssk Canal.
Usage and infrastructure
There is no navigation on Jegorlyk river.
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