Lena River

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river

The Lena River is one of the longest rivers in the world, flowing through Siberia in northeastern Russia to the Arctic Ocean.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lena River basin 3
Vilyuy River 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
averageDischarge approximately 16,000 cubic meters per second ⓘ
basinCountry Russia ⓘ
climateZone arctic ⓘ
subarctic ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Irkutsk Oblast ⓘ
Sakha Republic ⓘ
surface form: Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
deltaFeature one of the largest Arctic river deltas ⓘ
deltaLocation Laptev Sea ⓘ
dischargeLocation Laptev Sea ⓘ
drainageBasinArea approximately 2,490,000 square kilometers ⓘ
drainageTo Arctic Ocean ⓘ
ecosystem supports tundra and taiga ecosystems ⓘ
flowsInto Laptev Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Irkutsk Oblast ⓘ
Russia Far East ⓘ
surface form: Russian Far East

Sakha Republic ⓘ
Yakutia ⓘ
freezingPeriod freezes in winter ⓘ
hasDelta Lena River Delta ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Lena Delta Nature Reserve ⓘ
importance major transport route in Yakutia ⓘ
significant for Arctic freshwater input ⓘ
length approximately 4400 km ⓘ
lengthRanking one of the longest rivers in the world ⓘ
one of the three great Siberian rivers ⓘ
locatedIn Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

Siberia ⓘ
northeastern Russia ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver Lensk ⓘ
Olenyok ⓘ
Yakutsk ⓘ
majorPort Tiksi ⓘ
mouthLocation Laptev Sea ⓘ
namedAfter possibly from Evenki word "Elyu-Ene" ⓘ
navigation navigable in ice-free season ⓘ
partOf Arctic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Arctic Ocean basin
region Russia Far East ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Siberia
sourceLocation Baikal Mountains ⓘ
near Lake Baikal ⓘ
tributary Olyokma River ⓘ
surface form: Aldan River

Buotama River ⓘ
Kirenga River ⓘ
Linde River ⓘ
Olyokma River ⓘ
Lena River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vilyuy River

Vitim River ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Asia → contains → Lena River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lena River basin
Siberia → contains → Lena River ⓘ
Asia → containsRiver → Lena River ⓘ
Laptev Sea → hasMajorRiverInflow → Lena River ⓘ
Arctic drainage basin → hasPart → Lena River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lena River basin
Russia → hasRiver → Lena River ⓘ
Yakutsk → locatedOnRiver → Lena River ⓘ
Sakha Republic → river → Lena River ⓘ
Verkhoyansk Range → separates → Lena River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lena River basin
Lena River → tributary → Lena River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vilyuy River