Coordinates: 65°56′08″N 87°33′50″E / 65.9356°N 87.5638°E / 65.9356; 87.5638

Turukhan

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Turukhan
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Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthYenisey
 • coordinates
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Length639 km (397 mi)
Basin size35,800 km2 (13,800 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionYeniseyKara Sea
Basin of the Yenisey
The river enters the Yenisey near Туруханск near the top of the map

The Turukhan (Russian: Турух́ан) is a river in northern Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. It is a southeast-flowing left tributary of the Yenisey. The river is 639 kilometres (397 mi) long. The area of its basin is 35,800 square kilometres (13,800 mi2).[1] The Turukhan freezes up in October and stays under the ice until late May or the first half of June. Its main tributaries are the Usomchik, Bolshaya Bludnaya, Verkhnyaya Baikha and Nizhnyaya Baikha from the right and Makovskaya from the left.[2] Its mouth is 20 kilometres (12 mi) downstream from Turukhansk, where the Lower Tunguska joins the Yenisei. The river is navigable for about 288 kilometres (179 mi) from its mouth to the settlement of Yanov Stan. It was part of the canoe route from the Gulf of ObTaz – Turukhan – Yenisey – Nizhnyaya TunguskaYakutsk (see Siberian River Routes). The uncompleted Salekhard–Igarka Railway from the Ob to the Yenisey was planned to cross the Turukhan at Yanov Stan.

Turukhansk at the center of this map of Siberian River Routes.

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References

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  2. ^ Турухан, Great Soviet Encyclopedia