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Avacha (river)
Avacha
is a
river
in the
southern
part of the
Kamchatka Peninsula
,
Russia
. It flows
southeast
into
Avacha Bay
, near
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
.
The river
is long with a
watershed
of.
Nineteenth-century
travelers
like
George Kennan
ascended
the Avacha as far as possible and then took
horses
to the
upper course
of
the river
Kamchatka
to
travel
further
north
.
The town
of
Yelizovo
, which
houses
the
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport
, is on the
banks
of the Avacha.