Koda River (Russia)

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The Koda River is a tributary on the right (north) side of the Angara River, 13 km northeast of the city of Kodinsk, in the Kezhemsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. [1] :fig.2

Angara River river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia

The Angara River is a 1,779-kilometer-long (1,105 mi) river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It is the river that drains Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisei River. It was formerly known as the Lower or Nizhnyaya Angara. Below its junction with the Ilim, it was formerly known as the Upper Tunguska and, with the names reversed, as the Lower Tunguska.

Kodinsk Town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Kodinsk is a town and the administrative center of Kezhemsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Angara River, 735 kilometers (457 mi) north of Krasnoyarsk. Population: 14,830 (2010 Census); 14,746 (2002 Census); 14,050 (1989 Census).

Kezhemsky District District in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Kezhemsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai and borders with Evenkiysky District in the north, Irkutsk Oblast in the east and south, and with Boguchansky District in the west. The area of the district is 34,541 square kilometers (13,336 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kodinsk. Population: 22,072 (2010 Census); 24,997 (2002 Census); 31,233 (1989 Census). The population of Kodinsk accounts for 67.2% of the district's total population.

The river gave the name to the town of Kodinsk. It is claimed to derive from the Evenki word kada, meaning "cliff". [2]

Evenki, formerly known as Tungus or Solon, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes Even, Negidal, and Oroqen language. The name is sometimes wrongly given as "Evenks". It is spoken by Evenks in Russia and China.

A seasonal settlement of the same name was the headquarters for the construction of the Boguchany Dam across the Angara, starting 1975. [3] With the filling of the reservoir in 2012, the lower 30 km of the Koda river valley were flooded and are now a branch of the dam's reservoir. [1] [4]

Boguchany Dam hydroelectric dam in Russia

The Boguchany Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Angara River in Kodinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It has an installed capacity of 2,997 MW. Construction of the power plant was completed when a ninth and final generator was brought online in January 2015.

The region has yielded prehistoric remains. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Andrzej Jagus and Martyna Rzetala (2013): "Environmental Consequences of the Construction of the Boguchany Dam – Present Change and Projections". Proc. 13th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference (SGEM 2013), volume I. doi : 10.5593/SGEM2013/BE5.V1/S20.051
  2. ↑ Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира", Москва, 1998, p. 207.
  3. ↑ G. K. Sukhanov and M. I. Levitskii "Angara Sequence of Hydroelectric Stations". Gidrotekhlcheskoe Stroltel'stvo, volume 12, issue 4, pages 3-9. Translation by Plenum UDC 621.311.21(282.256.34). doi : 10.1007/BF02304338
  4. ↑ Google Maps: "Koda River, Russia". Accessed on 2019-03-27.
  5. ↑ N. I. Drozdov (1974) "Kodinskoe pogrebenie s antropomorfnymi figurkami iz bivnia mamonta" ("Kodinsk Burial with Anthropomorphic Figures of Mammoth Tusk"). Drevniaia istoriia narodov iuga Vostochnoy Sibiri. volume 1, pages 229-236.
  6. ↑ Nikolai P. Makarov (2013): "The Ancient Stages of the Culture Genesis of the Krasnoyarsk Northern Indigenous Peoples". Journal of Siberian Federal University - Humanities & Social Sciences volume 6, pages 816-841.

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