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The Little Yenisei (, ; ; , ) is a river in northern Yenisey River at Britannica
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Mongolia
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and in Tuva
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, Russia
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Great Yenisei
The Great Yenisei ( ''Bolshoy Yenisey''; ) is a river in the Republic of Tuva, the right source of the Yenisei, at its confluence with the Little Yenisei.Большой Енисей, Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov - ...
in Kyzyl
Kyzyl ( ) is the capital city of the Republic of Tuva within the Russian Federation. Kyzyl's population is approximately
History
The city was founded in 1914 as Belotsarsk. It was renamed Hem-Beldir from 1918 to 1926. When the city was the ca ...
(Tuva), the Yenisei
The Yenisey or Yenisei ( ; , ) is the fifth-longest river system in the world, and the largest to drain into the Arctic Ocean.
Rising in Mungaragiyn-gol in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course through Lake Baikal and the Krasnoyarsk Dam b ...
is formed. It is long, and has a drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which 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, ...
of . It rises as the Shishged Gol in the Darkhad Valley in northwestern Khövsgöl aimag in Mongolia.
In the Darkhad Valley, it receives its tributaries Sharga and Tengis. It flows westward through the Ulaan Taiga Mountain range to Russia
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. There it is joined by the Busiyn-Gol, the Belin Belin may refer to:
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and the Balyktyg-Khem. Of its 563 km length, 298 are in Mongolia. A bridge has been erected near the center of the Renchinlkhümbe
Renchinlkhümbe () is a district of Khövsgöl Province in Mongolia. Its area is approximately , of which are pasture and 35% are forest. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 4,284, most of whom belonged to the Darkhad subgroup. The di ...
district.
See also
*List of rivers of Mongolia
This is a list of notable rivers of Mongolia, arranged geographically by river basin.
The Mongolian words for river are () and (), with the latter usually used for larger rivers. The Mongolian names also occasionally have a genitive constr ...
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
Geography of Khövsgöl Province International rivers of Asia Rivers of Mongolia Rivers of Tuva Rivers of Kyzyl {{Russia-river-stub