Ufa (river)

The Ufa (Уфа; Ҡариҙел) is a river in the Ural Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, and the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia; a right tributary of the river Belaya. It is 918 km long, and its basin covers 53100 km2. It freezes up between late October and early December and stays ice-bound until April or May. Pavlovka Hydroelectric Station is along the Ufa. The river's water is widely used for water supply. The main ports are Krasnoufimsk and Ufa (at the mouth of the river).

Tributaries
The largest tributaries of the Ufa are, from source to mouth:
 * Serga (right)
 * Bisert (right)
 * Ay (left)
 * Tyuy (right)
 * Yuryuzan (left)
 * Usa (right)