The Chinge (russian: Чинге) is a river in the
Tandinsky District
Tandinsky District (russian: Танди́нский кожуун; tyv, Таңды кожуун, ''Tañdı kojuun'') is an administrativeResolution #1648 ZP-1 and municipalLaw #268 VKh-1 district (raion, or ''kozhuun''), one of the seventeen in ...
of
Tuva
Tuva (; russian: Тува́) or Tyva ( tyv, Тыва), officially the Republic of Tuva (russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, r=Respublika Tyva, p=rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva; tyv, Тыва Республика, translit=Tyva Respublika ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. It is a left tributary of the
Mezhegey which belongs to the
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
of the
Yenisey
The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...
.
The source of the Chinge is on the northern slope of the
Eastern Tannu-Ola Range, close to the border with Mongolia. The river flows north. The only settlement on the Chinge is
Urgaylyg (Argolik).
The
Chinga meteorite
The Chinga meteorite is an iron meteorite. It is structurally an ataxite with very rare kamacite lamella. The meteoric iron is a part of the lamella taenite. The total chemical composition is 82.8% iron, 16.6% nickel, and the rest mostly cobalt an ...
was found on the shore of the Chinge and named after it ().
References
Rivers of Tuva
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