Yenisei River

Yenisei (Енисей)
River
Bii-Khem and Kaa-Khem near Kyzyl
Countries	Mongolia, Russia
Regions	Tuva, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khakassia, Irkutsk Oblast, Buryatia, Zabaykalsky Krai
Tributaries
- right	Angara, Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska River
Cities	Kyzyl, Shagonar, Sayanogorsk, Abakan, Divnogorsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseysk, Lesosibirsk, Igarka, Dudinka
Source	Mungaragiyn-Gol
- location	ridge Dod-Taygasyn-Noor, Mongolia
- elevation	3,351 m (10,994 ft)
- length	748 km (465 mi)
- coordinates	50°43′46″N 98°39′49″E / 50.72944°N 98.66361°E / 50.72944; 98.66361
Mouth	Yenisei Gulf
Length	5,540 km (3,442 mi)
Basin	2,580,000 km2 (996,144 sq mi)
Discharge	for Igarka
- average	19,600 m3/s (692,167 cu ft/s)
- max	112,000 m3/s (3,955,243 cu ft/s)
- min	3,120 m3/s (110,182 cu ft/s)
The Yenisei basin, including Lake Baikal

The Yenisei (Russian: Енисе́й, Jenisej; Mongolian: Енисей мөрөн, Yenisei mörön); Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, Gorlog müren; Tyvan: Улуг-Хем, Ulug-Khem; Khakas: Ким суг, Kim sug also Romanized Yenisey, Enisei, Jenisej, is the largest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean. It is the central of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Ob and the Lena). Rising in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course to the Yenisei Gulf in the Kara Sea, draining a large part of central Siberia, the longest stream following the Yenisei-Angara-Selenga-Ider river system.

The maximum depth of the Yenisei is 24 metres (80 ft) and the average depth is 14 metres (45 ft). The depth of river outflow is 32 metres (106 ft) and inflow is 31 metres (101 ft).

The river flows through Tuva, Khakassia, and the city of Krasnoyarsk.

Its tributaries include the Angara, Nizhnyaya Tunguska, and Tuba rivers.

The 320-kilometre (200 mi), partly navigable Upper Angara River feeds into the northern end of Lake Baikal from the Buryat Republic but the largest inflow is from the Selenga which forms a delta on the south-eastern side.