Lower Tunguska
E619927
The Lower Tunguska is a major Siberian river in Russia that flows through remote taiga regions before joining the Yenisei River.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Podkamennaya Tunguska | 2 |
| Nizhnyaya Tunguska | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
ⓘ
river ⓘ |
| basinSize | about 473000 km² ⓘ |
| climateZone | subarctic ⓘ |
| confluenceWithYenisei | downstream of Turukhansk ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | federal subject of Russia ⓘ |
| dischargeLocation | near Turukhansk ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Kara Sea (via Yenisei) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicUse |
local river transport
ⓘ
timber rafting (historically) ⓘ |
| ecosystem | boreal forest ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally west-northwest ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | taiga ⓘ |
| freezePeriod | approximately October to May ⓘ |
| freezesOver | yes ⓘ |
| hasFloodplain | yes ⓘ |
| hasFloodsDuringSpringThaw | yes ⓘ |
| hasHydropowerPotential | yes ⓘ |
| hasRapids | yes ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalIceCover | yes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
remoteness
ⓘ
undeveloped hydropower resources ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Russian-speaking area ⓘ |
| length | about 2982 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Irkutsk Oblast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Krasnoyarsk Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Krasnoyarsk Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorTributary |
Erema River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kochechum River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngama River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tutonchana River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth | Yenisei River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navigableInLowerCourse | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Russian Arctic river systems ⓘ |
| passesThrough | sparsely populated areas ⓘ |
| proposedProject | Lower Tunguska Hydroelectric Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | remote ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Yenisei River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceElevation | about 580 m ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | Central Siberian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tributaryOf | Yenisei River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Krasnoyarsk Krai
subject surface form:
Krasnoyarsk Krai
this entity surface form:
Podkamennaya Tunguska
this entity surface form:
Podkamennaya Tunguska
this entity surface form:
Nizhnyaya Tunguska