Khatanga River

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Map of the Khatanga River drainage basin, including the Kheta River (to the north) and Kotuy River (to the south) Khatangarivermap.png
Map of the Khatanga River drainage basin, including the Kheta River (to the north) and Kotuy River (to the south)

The Khatanga River (Russian : Хатанга) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. It begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta. The Khatanga River is 227 kilometres (141 mi) long; the area of its basin is 364,000 square kilometres (141,000 sq mi). [1] It flows into the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea, forming an estuary. There are more than 112,000 lakes, with a total surface area of 11,600 square kilometres (4,500 sq mi), in the basin of the river.

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Krasnoyarsk Krai First-level administrative division of Russia

Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia, with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk—the third-largest city in Siberia. Comprising half of the Siberian Federal District, Krasnoyarsk Krai is the largest krai in the Russian Federation, the second largest federal subject and the third largest subnational governing body by area in the world, after Sakha and the Australian state of Western Australia. The krai covers an area of 2,339,700 square kilometers (903,400 sq mi), which is nearly one quarter the size of the entire country of Canada, constituting roughly 13% of the Russian Federation's total area and containing a population of 2,828,187, or just under 2% of its population, per the 2010 Census.

Kotuy River river in Russia

The Kotuy River is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is one of the two rivers that form the Khatanga River; the other one being the Kheta River.

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The Khatanga River freezes up in late September–early October and breaks up in early June. Its main tributaries are the Nizhnyaya River, Bludnaya River, Popigay River, Novaya River, and Malaya Balakhnya. The Khatanga River teems with different kinds of fish, including ryapushka, omul, muksun, white salmon, taimen, loach, and others. The river is navigable. The river port of Khatanga is located on the river.

The Popigay River is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The length of the river is 532 kilometers (331 mi). The area of its drainage basin is 50,300 square kilometers (19,400 sq mi). The river freezes up in October and breaks up in June. Its main tributaries are the Rassokha and Fomich Rivers.

Novaya is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. It's a left tributary of the Khatanga River. It originates in Lake Gavrila.

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History

Russian fur traders first reached the Khatanga about 1611. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Khatanga River in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969–1978 (Russian)
  2. ↑ Armstrong, Terence (2010). Russian Settlement in the North. Cambridge University Press.

Coordinates: 73°11′14″N106°12′25″E / 73.18722°N 106.20694°E / 73.18722; 106.20694

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