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river of See also:Asia, which rises in two See also:principal See also:head-streams, the Bei-kem and the Khua-kem, on the See also:plateau of N.W. See also:Mongolia—the former on the S. flank of the Sayan Mountains in 97° 30' E. and 520 20' N., and the latter in marshes a few See also:miles W. of See also:Lake Kosso-gol. They have a See also:westerly course, but after uniting they turn N., through the Sayan Mountains in the See also:wild See also:gorge of Kemchik, in 92° E. Thence the river makes its way across the Alpine region that See also:borders the Sayan Mountains on the N. until it emerges upon the See also:steppes at Sayansk (S3° 10' N.). Augmented by the Abakan on the See also:left and the See also:Tuba on the right, it traverses the See also:mining region of See also:Minusinsk, approaches within 6 m. of the Chulym, a tributary of the Ob, intersects the Siberian railway at See also:Krasnoyarsk, and is joined first by the Kan and then by the Upper (Verkhnyaya), the Stony (Podkamennaya), and the See also:Lower (Nizhnyaya) Tunguzka, all from the right. The Upper Tunguzka, known also as the Angara, drains Lake See also:Baikal, and is navigable from See also:Irkutsk. The Yenisei continues N. to the See also:Arctic Ocean, joined on the left by the Zym, Turukhan and Ingarevka, and on the right by the Kureika and Daneshkina. After the confluence of the Angara, the stream continues to widen out to 30 m., its See also:bed being littered with islands until it breaks into its See also:delta (240 M. See also:long). The length of the river is nearly 3000 m., and the See also:area of its drainage See also:basin 970,000 sq. m. It is navigable as far up as Minusinsk, a distance of 184o m., and is See also:free from See also:ice on the See also:average for 155 days at Turukhansk and for 196 days at Krasnoyarsk. A See also:canal connects the See also:Great Kaz, a tributary of the Yenisei, with the See also:Ket, an affluent of the Ob.

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