The Sym () is a left, western tributary of the
Yenisey
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Rising in Mungaragiyn-gol in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course through Lake Baikal a ...
in
Krasnoyarsk Krai
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,
Russia
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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
It is navigable about upstream from its mouth.
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Course
The Sym begins at a height of in a swampy area of the
West Siberian Plain
The West Siberian Plain () is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei, Yenisei River in the east, and the Altai Mountains on the southeast. Much of the plain is poorly d ...
. It flows roughly southeastwards across flat and often boggy areas, forming increasingly wide
meander
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s. About before the mouth it bends and flows in a roughly ENE direction, finally joining the left bank of the Yenisey between Yarzevo and Krivlyak.
The river freezes in October or early November and stays frozen until May. Its main tributaries are the Alsym, Kukocha, Oksym and
Kolchum from the right and the Kidenches from the left. The settlement of
Maiskoye is by the Kolchum.
History
Historically the Sym was first reached by
Ket serving men in 1605, while a detachment from
Mangazeya ascended the Yenisei to its confluence with the Sym in 1610.
See also
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List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained i ...
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Ket River
References
External links
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Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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