Yenisei River

The Yenisei River (Russian: Енисей) is a long river in Asiatic Russia or Siberia that flows north through the republics of Tuva and Khakassia, and the Krasnoyarsk Krai until it drains into the gulf of the same name (Kara Sea, Arctic Ocean). It is 4093 km long, but including the Yeniséi-Angará-Lake Baikal-Selengá-Ider river system it reaches 5,539 km, which makes it the fifth longest river in the world, after the Amazon, Nile, Yangtze and the Mississippi-Missouri. Its basin comprises about 2,580,000 km², the 8th in the world.

Geography

The Yenisei River rises in Kizil (Tuvah), from the confluence of the Bolshoi Yenisei (Great Yenisei) River and the Maly Yenisei (Little Yenisei) River, which come from the Eastern Sayan Mountains along the Russo-Mongolian border, and flows into the Kara Sea, Arctic Ocean, in an estuary of about 400 km made up of the Yenisei Bay and the Yenisei Gulf.

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  Yeniséi River Dam in Divnogorsk

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  The river Yeniséi at its pass through Krasnoyarsk

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  The Yeniséi seen from the Transiberian, near Krasnoyarsk

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  Desembocadura del Yeniséi en el gulfo homoimo (mar de Kara)

Its main tributaries are: the Angará river, the Stony Tunguska and the Lower Tunguska; all three on its right bank.

It runs through the center of Siberia in a south-north direction. Most of the river is navigable, except between November and May when it remains frozen. Its upper course is turbulent, which has been used for the construction of hydroelectric plants, highlighting the Sayán and Krasnoyarsk dams.

The major cities through which the river flows are Kizil, Shagonar, Sayanogorsk, Abakan, Divnogorsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseisk, Lesosibirsk, Igarka and Dudinka.

Name transcription

The most correct transcription into Spanish is Yeniséi or, in any case, Yenisey, although it is common to find some incorrect transcriptions in various atlases and texts: Ienisei, Jenisej or Jenisei.

River system of the Yenisei River

The fluvial system of the Yeniséi River is one of the largest in the world, and if the Yeniséi-Angará-Selengá-Ideriín system is considered, it ranks 5th by length and 8th by basin area. The main tributaries of the system are collected in the following table, ordered downstream, from the source to the mouth (the table is not complete).

The river Yeniséi and its tributaries (of more than 200 km and outstanding primary)

Ramal		Name river						Name (Russian)	Destroying	Length (km)	Cuenca (km2)	Caudal (m3/s)	Federal Subject(s)	Other(s) country(s)	Tram.
-	D	Bolshói Yeniséi River (Gran Yeniséi)						.	Yeniséi Superior	605	56 800	592	Republic of Tuvá	-	Sources
I	-	Mali Yeniséi River (Little Yeniséi)						Малый нисей	Yeniséi Superior	680	59 850	428	Republic of Tuvá	Mongolia
I	-	Rio Jémchik						.	Yeniséi Superior	320	27 000	119	Republic of Tuvá	-	Yeniséi Superior
-	D	Rio Us						Ус	Yeniséi Superior	236	6880	66	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
I	-	River Kanteguir						Кантегир	Yeniséi Superior	180	3500	55	Republic of Tuvá Krai de Jabárovsk
-	D	Rio Oya						Оя	Yeniséi Superior	240	4500	63	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
I	-	Río Abakán						AABAKIA	Yeniséi Superior	514	32 000	400	Krasnoyarsk Krai Krai de Jabárovsk	-
-	D	Tubá River						Tibaa	Yeniséi Superior	119	42 600	263	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Kazyr River					Казыр	Tubá River	388	20 900	317	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-		Kizir River					Kazyr River	300	9170	251	Krasnoyarsk Krai Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Amyl River					Амыл	Tubá River	400	9850	215	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	D	Rio Mana						Mânia	Yeniséi Superior	475	9260	100	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	D	Rio Kan						Кан	Yeniséi Superior	629	36 900	291	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Rio Agul					Агул	Rio Kan	347	11 600	136	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Kungús River					Кунгус	Rio Agul	250	3800	37.1	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	D	Rio Angará						Ангара	Rio Yeniséi	1779	1 039 000	4950	Krasnoyarsk Krai Oblast of Irkutsk	-	Medium course
-	-	-	Taséyeva River—Chuná					Тасева	Rio Angará	116	128 000	740	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-		River Biriusá				.	Taséyeva River	1012	55 800		Krasnoyarsk Krai Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-			Tagul River				River Biriusá	300	7990		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-			Tumanshet River			Туманшет	River Biriusá	280	4580	52.6	Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-		Chuná River					Taséyeva River	1203	56 800		Krasnoyarsk Krai Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-		Río Usolka					Taséyeva River	356	10 300		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Kámenka River					Каменка	Rio Angará	313	11 400	74	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	River Irkinéyeva					Íркинева	Rio Angará	363	13 600	47.1	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Karabulá River					Карабула	Rio Angará	210	4850	11,1	Oblast of Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Rio Mura					MÃра	Rio Angará	330	10 800	30	Oblast of Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Kova River					Кова	Rio Angará	452	11 700	46	Oblast of Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Chadobets River					Чадобец	Rio Angará	647	19 700	63	Krasnoyarsk Krai Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Kata River					Ката	Rio Angará	300	7950	46	Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Rio Ilim					.	Rio Angará	589	30 300	139	Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Oká River					Ока.	Rio Angará	630	34 000	274	Republic of Buria Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Rio Iya					Íя	Rio Angará	512	18 100		Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	River Bolshaya Bélaya					.	Rio Angará	359	18 000		Republic of Buria Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Urik River					Урик	Rio Angará	250	3300	41	Republic of Buria Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Rio Málaya Bélaya					Малая	Rio Angará	240	5100	70	Republic of Buria Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Río Kitói					Китой	Rio Angará	316	9190	115	Republic of Buria Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Rio Irkut					.	Rio Angará	488	15 000	140	Republic of Buria Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Lake Baikal					Озеро Football	Rio Angará	-	-	-	Republic of Buria Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-		Rio Angará Superior					Lake Baikal	438	21 400	265	Republic of Buria	-
-	-	-		Río Barguzín				.	Lake Baikal	480	21 100	130	Republic of Buria	-
-	-	-			Rio Ina			.	Río Barguzín	220	4600	40	Republic of Buria	-
-	-	-		Turka River				Трка	Lake Baikal	240	5200	50	Republic of Buria	-
-	-	-		Selengá River				Селенга	Lake Baikal	1024	447 000	310	Republic of Buria	Mongolia
-	-	-			Rio Udá			Уда	Selengá River	467	34 700		Republic of Buria	-
-	-	-				Río Judún		.	Rio Udá	210	7800	12.7	Republic of Buria	-
-	-	-			Jilok River			.	Selengá River	840	38 500		Republic of Buria Krai de Zabaikalie	-
-	-	-			Chikói River			Кикой	Selengá River	769	46 200	263	Republic of Buria Krai de Zabaikalie	Mongolia
-	-	-				Rio Menza		Thousands	Chikói River	337	13 800		Krai de Zabaikalie	Mongolia
-	-	-			Témnik River				Selengá River	314	5480		Republic of Buria	-
-	-	-			Dzhidá River			Русский	Selengá River	558	23 500		Republic of Buria	-
-	-	-			Rio Orjón			Орхон гол	Selengá River	1124	132 835	96	-	Mongolia
-	-	-				Tuul River		Тул гол	Rio Orjón	704	49 840		-	Mongolia
-	-	-			Eg River (or Egiin Gol)			E.G.	Selengá River	475	49 100		-	Mongolia
-	-	-			Rio Üür			рийн гол	Selengá River	331	12 300		-	Mongolia
-	-	-			Rio Janui			I'm sorry.	Selengá River	421	14 620		-	Mongolia
-	-	-			Rio Ider			..	Selengá River	452	24 555		-	Mongolia
-	-	-				Río Chulut			Rio Ider	415	10 750		-	Mongolia
-	-	-			Rio Delgermörön (or Mörön gol)			RDэлгэрм	Selengá River	445	29 640	35	-	Mongolia
-	D	Río Bolshói Pit						Пит	Rio Yeniséi	415	21 700	240	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-	Lower course
I	-	Rio Kas						Кас	Rio Yeniséi	464	11 200	65	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
I	-	Rio Sym						Сым	Rio Yeniséi	694	31 600	175	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	D	Tunguska Pedregoso (Podkámennaya Tunguska)						Подкаменная Тунгуска	Rio Yeniséi	1865	240 000	1650	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Río Velmó					Вельмо	Tunguska Pedregoso	504	33 800	380	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-		Rio Teya				Тея	Río Velmó	245	9000	68.3	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Chunya-Chuna del Norte River					Куня	Tunguska Pedregoso	908	70 500	435	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-		Chunku Superior River				Верх. Кунку	Chunya River				Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-		Tychany River				Tычаны	Chunya River				Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Kamo River					Камо	Tunguska Pedregoso	339	14 500		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Rio Tetere					Тэтэрэ	Tunguska Pedregoso	486	13 700		Krasnoyarsk Krai Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	Kátanga River						Tunguska Pedregoso				Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
I	-	Yeloguy River						!	Rio Yeniséi	464	25 100	150	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	D	Río Bajtá						.	Rio Yeniséi	498	35 500	270	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	D	Tunguska Inferior (Nízhnyaya Tunguska)						Руска-	Rio Yeniséi	2989	473 000	3600	Krasnoyarsk Krai Oblast of Irkutsk	-
-	-	-	River Sévernaya					Северная	Tunguska Inferior	336	23 600	195	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Rio Yerachimo					!	Tunguska Inferior	180	9100	139	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Tutonchana River					Tутончан	Tunguska Inferior	459	16 800		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Rio Uchami					рчами	Tunguska Inferior	466	21 000		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Taimura River					Таймура	Tunguska Inferior	454	32 500	87.6	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Río Vivi					Виви	Tunguska Inferior	426	28 500		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Yambukán River					OLD	Tunguska Inferior				Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	River Nidym					Нидым	Tunguska Inferior	379	14 500		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Kochechum River					Кочечум	Tunguska Inferior	733	96 400		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-		Río Turu				Тру	Kocecum River				Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-		Rio Tembenchi				Тембенчи	Kocecum River	571	21 600	252	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-		Río Embenchime				.	Kocecum River				Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Rio Ilimpeya					.	Tunguska Inferior	611	17 400		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Rio Eyka					!	Tunguska Inferior	400	18 900		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	River Bolshaya Yerioma					Ррёма	Tunguska Inferior	411	13 500		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Rio Nepa					Непа	Tunguska Inferior	683	19 100	20	Oblast of Irkutsk	-
I	-	Río Turuján						Трухан	Yeniséi	639	35 800	370	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	-	-	Rio Baicha Inferior						Río Turuján	608	8070		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
I	-	River Kem'						Кемь	Yeniséi	356	8940		Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	D	Kureika River						Курейка	Yeniséi	888	44 700	664	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
-	D	Kanthai River						Курейка	Rio Yeniséi	174	30 700	595	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-
I	-	River Bolshaya Jeta						.	Rio Yeniséi	646	20 700	211	Krasnoyarsk Krai	-