The Tenka (), also known as Tenke, is a river in

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. It is a right tributary of the

Kolyma Kolyma (, ) or Kolyma Krai () is a historical region in the Russian Far East that includes the basin of Kolyma River and the northern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as the Kolyma Mountains (the watershed of the two). It is bounded to ...

, with a length of a

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of . The river flows across the

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, which is named after it.

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The Tenka flows through the

Upper Kolyma Highlands The Upper Kolyma Highlands () is a highland area in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The biggest town in the highlands is Susuman. There are large deposits of gold, tin and rare metals in the Upper Kolyma Highlands. The area ...

. It heads first roughly northwards, then when it is joined by the Omchak from the left it flows southeastwards, passing near Transportny. Further downstream it bends again and flows northwards until its mouth. Formerly the river joined the right bank of the

from its mouth, but nowadays its mouth is in the

Kolyma Reservoir KolymaReservoir () is an artificial lake which was created by the construction of the Kolyma Hydroelectric Station on the Kolyma. It was designed by Lenhydroproject. Filling began in 1980 and it was commissioned in 1995. Description The Kolyma R ...

at an elevation of . The main tributaries of the Tenka are the long Budyonny (Будённого) from the right; and the long Omchak and long Nilkoba joining it from the left. 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-8
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Kolyma - Modern Guidebook to Magadan Oblast
Rivers of Magadan Oblast

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