Lower Tunguska River
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The Lower Tunguska River is a major river in Siberia, Russia, known for flowing through remote taiga regions and for its proximity to the site of the 1908 Tunguska event.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lower Tunguska River canonical | 2 |
| Nizhnyaya Tunguska River | 1 |
| Upper Tunguska River | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| averageDischarge | approximately 3600 cubic meters per second ⓘ |
| basinSize | approximately 473000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| climateZone | subarctic ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| dischargeLocation | confluence with the Yenisei near Turukhansk ⓘ |
| drainageBasinCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| ecosystem | boreal forest ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Irkutsk Oblast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Krasnoyarsk Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ sparsely populated regions ⓘ taiga ⓘ |
| freezesOver | in winter ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
rapids
ⓘ
rocky channels ⓘ seasonal flooding ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Chamba River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Erema River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ilimpeya River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kochechum River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngama River NERFINISHED ⓘ Nizhnyaya Tunguska River tributary system ⓘ Tutonchana River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hydropowerProjectsProposed | Evenk Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hydropower potential
ⓘ
proximity to the 1908 Tunguska event site ⓘ remote wilderness ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Lower Tunguska
ⓘ
surface form:
Nizhnyaya Tunguska
|
| length |
approximately 1853 miles
ⓘ
approximately 2982 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Asian Russia
Siberia ⓘ |
| mouth | Yenisei River ⓘ |
| mouthElevation | approximately 20 meters ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| navigable | in lower reaches during ice-free season ⓘ |
| near |
Tunguska Nature Reserve
ⓘ
surface form:
Tunguska event impact region
|
| partOf |
Arctic drainage basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic Ocean drainage basin
|
| passesNear | Evenki settlements ⓘ |
| region | Central Siberia ⓘ |
| riverSystem |
Yenisei River valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Yenisei River basin
|
| sourceElevation | approximately 500 meters ⓘ |
| sourceRegion |
Central Siberian Plateau areas
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Siberian Plateau
|
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
local river transport ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Upper Tunguska River
this entity surface form:
Nizhnyaya Tunguska River