The Karenga () is a river in

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, southern East Siberia,

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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The area through which the river flows is inhabited by indigenous

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people. There are Neolithic archaeological sites near the mouth of the river where ancient ceramic remains belonging to the Ust-Karenga Culture have been found.

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The Karenga is a right tributary of the

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. Its sources are in the Chingikhan Saddle, located between the

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and the

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. Kontalaksky Golets, the highest peak of the Yablonoi rises to the NW of the river valley, near Tungokochen.

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Каренга - Water of Russia
/ref> It flows in a mainly northeastern direction within a winding channel. The vegetation along the banks of the river is mainly sparse

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. Its lower course is at the eastern end of the

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.Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Vitim Plateau
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it meets the Vitim from its mouth in the

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.Karenga
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/ Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. The longest tributaries of the Karenga are the long Bugarikhta and the long Bereya from the right. The river basin has 332 lakes with a total area of .Энциклопедия Забайкалья Karenga, river
/ref> The river is frozen between late November and mid April. It has sharp fluctuations in the water level in the spring and summer. There is patchy distribution of

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in the basin.

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Tourism in Transbaikalia. Karenga. 2011Жители села Усть Каренга шесть месяцев в году отрезаны от цивилизации
{{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of Zabaykalsky Krai

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