Kara

The Kara is a tributary of the Shilka in the wooded mountain country of Transbaikalia. It flows south to meet the larger river at Ust-Karsk, and belongs to the vast Amur drainage that reaches the Pacific. The river valley lies among the ranges north of the Shilka, where streams descend through forests before joining the main waterway. Gold was discovered beside the Kara in the early nineteenth century.