The Taseyeva ( rus, Тасе́ева, p=tɐˈsʲeɪvə) is a river in

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Krasnoyarsk, the second-largest city in Siberia after ...

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. It is the largest, left tributary of the

Angara The Angara (; ) or Angar ( мүрэн) is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisey. It is long, and has ...

and is long. If its right source river, the Chuna, is included, it is long. Its

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covers . The river is formed by the confluence of the

Biryusa The Biryusa (, in its lower reaches also called the Ona) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The Biryusa is long, with a drainage basin of . The river has its sources in the far southwestern areas of Irkutsk Oblast, at a ...

and Chuna and flows northwest to its mouth in the Angara, close to

Kulakovo Kulakovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Pokrovskoye Rural Settlement, Velikoustyugsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 7 as of 2002. Geography Kulakovo is located 26 km southeast of Veliky Ustyug Veliky Ustyug () i ...

. Its average discharge is . The Taseyeva and its tributaries, the Biryusa and Chuna rivers, drain much of the area between the Angara and the upper

Yenisey The Yenisey or Yenisei ( ; , ) is the list of rivers by length, 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 a ...

. The Biryusa (west) and Chuna (east) flow crookedly north, then bear northwest and join to form the Taseyeva. The Taseyeva continues west and then north to join the Angara, which flows west for to join the Yenisey.

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Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai {{Siberia-river-stub