Yenisei River

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geographical feature river

The Yenisei River is one of the longest rivers in Asia, flowing northward through Siberia to the Arctic Ocean and forming a major part of the central Eurasian river system.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature → river →
belongsTo	Russian Arctic river network →
climateZone	subarctic →
continent	Asia →
country	Mongolia → Russia →
countrySubdivision	Krasnoyarsk Krai → Republic of Khakassia → Tuva Republic →
directionOfFlow	northward →
ecoregion	taiga →
flowsInto	Kara Sea →
formsFromConfluenceOf	Great Yenisei (Bii-Khem) → Little Yenisei (Kaa-Khem) →
freezesOver	in winter →
hasDam	Krasnoyarsk Dam → Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam →
knownFor	being one of the longest rivers in Asia → draining a large part of central Siberia →
languageVariantName	Enisei → Yenisey →
locatedIn	Siberia →
majorCityOnRiver	Divnogorsk → Krasnoyarsk →
majorPort	Dudinka →
mouthLocation	near Dikson, Russia →
oceanDrainage	Arctic Ocean →
partOf	Arctic Ocean basin → central Eurasian river system →
passesThrough	Dudinka → Igarka → Khakassia → Krasnoyarsk (city) → Krasnoyarsk Krai → Tuva Republic →
region	Northern Asia →
riverSystem	Yenisei–Angara–Selenge–Ider system →
sourceCountry	Mongolia →
sourceRegion	Sayan Mountains →
tributary	Abakan River → Angara River → Kan River → Lower Tunguska River → Nizhnyaya Tunguska River → Sym River NERFINISHED → Tuba River → Upper Tunguska River →
usedFor	fishing → hydroelectric power generation → inland navigation →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
North Asia ("Yenisei River basin") → Siberia →	contains
Yenisei River ("Great Yenisei (Bii-Khem)") →	formsFromConfluenceOf
Arctic drainage basin ("Yenisei River basin") →	hasPart
Russia →	hasRiver
Kara Sea →	inflow
Yenisei River ("Yenisey") →	languageVariantName
Yenisei River ("Yenisei–Angara–Selenge–Ider system") →	riverSystem