PODKAMENNAYA TUNGUSKA RIVER


Meaning of PODKAMENNAYA TUNGUSKA RIVER in English

also spelled Podkamennaja Tunguska, English Stony Tunguska, also called Srednyaya Tunguska tributary of the Yenisey River in western Siberia, Irkutsk oblast (province), Russia. It has a total length of 1,159 miles (1,865 km) and a drainage basin of 96,100 square miles (249,000 square km). Known in its upper section as the Katanga, it rises on the Central Siberian Plateau near the watershed with the Lena-Angara system and flows generally northwestward to join the Yenisey at Podkamennaya Tunguska village. Its upper part has a wide, swampy valley; its lower section has numerous falls and rapids. The river is navigable for 710 miles (1,140 km) to the village of Vanavara.

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