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The Yenisey Range is a subrange of the Central Siberian Plateau.It is a relatively low range, cut across by swampy intermontane basins. The range stretches along the right bank of the Yenisey in the southwestern edge of the plateau, between the valley of the Kan River in the south and the Stony Tunguska in the north, beyond which rises the Tunguska Plateau.
The Yenisey Gulf (Russian: Енисейский залив, Yeniseysky zaliv) is a large and long estuary through which the lower Yenisey flows into the Kara Sea.. The Yenisey Gulf and its islands belong to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation and is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.
The Yenisey [8] (/ ˌ j ɛ n ɪ ˈ s eɪ / YEN-iss-AY; Russian: Енисе́й, pronounced [jɪnʲɪˈsʲej]) [a] is the fifth-longest river system in the world, and the largest to drain into the Arctic Ocean.
The Lena is a river in the Russian Far East and is the easternmost river of the three great rivers of Siberia, including the River Ob and the River Yenisey, which flow into the Arctic Ocean. [ note 1 ] The Lena river is 4,294 km (2,668 mi) long and has a capacious drainage basin of 2,490,000 km 2 (960,000 sq mi); thus the Lena is the eleventh ...
The Nizhnyaya Tunguska is the second largest right tributary of the Yenisey, and joins it near the town of Turukhansk.It is 2,989 kilometres (1,857 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 473,000 square kilometres (183,000 sq mi). [2]
The Bolshoy Pit joins the right bank of the Yenisey 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) downriver from Ust-Pit village and 1,880 kilometres (1,170 mi) from the mouth of the Yenisey. The confluence is located between the mouths of the Angara and Podkamennaya Tunguska. [5] The river freezes in mid-November and stays frozen until mid-May. [4]
Kem (Russian: Кемь) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia. [1] It is a left bank tributary of the Yenisey. [1]The name of the river Kem comes from the ancient word "kem" or "hem" that has a meaning of "great river". [2]
The Tanama (Russian: Танама) is a river in northern Siberia, Russia.It is one of the main tributaries of the Yenisey. [1]The Tanama is 521 kilometres (324 mi) long, and the area of its basin is 23,100 square kilometres (8,900 sq mi). [2]