The Khopyor ( Russian : Хопёр , also transliterated as Khoper ) is a river in European Russia , the biggest left tributary of the river Don . It is 979 kilometres (608 mi) long, with a watershed of 61,100 square kilometres (23,600 sq mi). The mouth width is 300 metres (980 ft). The Khopyor is navigable up to 323 kilometres (201 mi) from the mouth. The maximum discharge is 3,720 cubic metres per second (131,000 cu ft/s); the average discharge is 150 cubic metres per second (5,300 cu ft/s), and the minimum discharge is 45 cubic metres per second (1,600 cu ft/s).
7-398: Fish in the river include bream , zander , common roach , rudd , European chub , ide , bleak , catfish , pike , perch , asp and burbot . Found near the river elks , hares , herons , swans , eagles , falcons , owls , nightingales , ducks , beavers , pond turtles , snakes ( vipers ), etc. Previously, there were bison , now exterminated. The unique nature made Khopyor
14-461: A collection of ghost stories entitled An Evening on the Khoper River . According to legend, an oldman Hopper lived in these places of Penza Oblast . One day he went by steppe and saw 12 springs. The old man took a shovel and assembled all the springs in one big stream. On this stream oldman Hopper built a mill to grind grain for the peasants from nearby villages. Later the river was given
21-614: A favorite place for tourists. The largest tributaries of the Khopyor are, from source to mouth: Towns on the Khopyor River in orographic sequence (from source to mouth) are: Downstream from Borisoglebsk, is the Khopyor Nature Reserve , populated with protected beavers , wisents and Russian desman . It also has various protected flora including Iris tenuifloia . In 1834, Mikhail Zagoskin published
28-719: The Atlantic , Indian , and Pacific Oceans , as well as numerous seas including the Norwegian , Mediterranean , and Sea of Japan . Nearly all species can be found in the high seas. However, fish in the genera Pterycombus and Pteraclis tend to be found off continental shelves. Further, fishes in the genus Eumegistus are hypothesized to be largely benthic and found to occupy deep water shelves. Some species of pomfrets are also known as monchong , specifically in Hawaiian cuisine. The following genera are placed within
35-503: The family Bramidae . The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important food sources for humans, especially Brama brama in South Asia . The earlier form of the pomfret's name was "pamflet", a word which probably ultimately comes from Portuguese pampo , referring to various fish such as the blue butterfish ( Stromateus fiatola ). The fish meat is white in color. They are found globally in
42-693: The name of its creator. The river gave its name to the Khoper-Invest company, infamous for its pyramid scheme fraud. Bream Bream ( / ˈ b r iː m / , US also / ˈ b r ɪ m / ) are species of freshwater fish belonging to a variety of genera including Abramis (e.g., A. brama , the common bream ), Ballerus , Blicca , Brama , Chilotilapia , Etelis , Lepomis , Gymnocranius , Lethrinus , Nemipterus , Pharyngochromis , Rhabdosargus , Scolopsis , or Serranochromis . Although species from all of these genera are called "bream",
49-793: The term does not imply a degree of relatedness between them. Fish termed "bream" tend to be narrow, deep-bodied species. The name is a derivation of the Middle English word breme , of Old French origin. The term sea bream is sometimes used for fish of the family Sparidae including Acanthopagrus (Australia), Argyrops , gilt-head bream Sparus aurata ( orata in Italy, dorada in Spain), black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus and red seabream Pagrus or Pagellus species; or pomfrets (family Bramidae ). Bramidae See text Pomfrets are scombriform fish belonging to
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