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Chara (river)

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has been mined for decades. This intensely purple mineral, named after the river, is only found here and was discovered in the 1940s when a rail tunnel was constructed. Part of the Russian governmental debt was paid in charoite and slabs of this now expensive ornamental material were stored in
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flows into the left bank of the Chara from the northern end of lake
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basements of houses of the Hungarian capital city, Budapest.
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Together with the Olyokma, river Chara gives its name to the
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of 87,600 square kilometres (33,800 sq mi).
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Yakut

charoite
Chara (river) is located in Sakha Republic
Sakha Republic
Yakutia
Russia
Bolshoye Leprindo
56°38′40″N 117°35′4″E / 56.64444°N 117.58444°E / 56.64444; 117.58444
Mouth
Olyokma
60°19′10″N 120°52′28″E / 60.31944°N 120.87444°E / 60.31944; 120.87444
Olyokma
Lena
Laptev Sea

Chara Sands
desert
Kodar Mountains
Russian
Yakut
Olyokma
Eastern Siberia
Russia
drainage basin
Olyokma-Chara Plateau
charoite
Bolshoye Leprindo
Kodar Mountains
Stanovoy Highlands

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