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s`kə), name of three eastern tributaries of the Yenisei Yenisei (yĕnĭsā`, Rus. yĕnyĭsyā`), chief river of Siberia, c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) long, central Siberian Russia...... Click the link for more information. River, Siberian Russia. The rivers cut across the swampy forests of E central Siberia, draining the Tunguska Basin Tunguska Event, a huge explosion that flattened hundreds of square miles of forest. It may have resulted from the catastrophic breakup of a stony asteroid about 100 ft (30 m) in diameter 5 mi (8 km) above the earth's surface.
..... Click the link for more information. . Furthest north is the
Lower Tunguska, Rus. Nizhnyaya Tunguska (nyēzh`nyīŭ tn-gs`kə), c.1,590 mi (2,600 km) long. It rises in the Central Siberian Plateau N of Lake Baykal and flows past Tura to join the Yenisei at Turukhansk. Flowing generally west, it is navigable (May–October) for c.1,100 mi (1,770 km). The
Stony Tunguska, Rus. Podkamennaya Tunguska (pŭtkä`myĭnīŭ tn-gs`kə), c.980 mi (1,580 km) long, rises west of the headwaters of the Lower Tunguska. It flows generally NW past Baykit; there are rapids in its lower course.
Upper Tunguska, Rus. Verkhnyaya Tunguska (vĕrk`nyəyə tn-gs`kə), is the name given to the lower course of the Angara Angara (äng'gərä`, Rus. ŭn'gərä`), river, c.
..... Click the link for more information. River. It flows generally west and joins the Yenisei at Strelka. The area of the three rivers is the home of the Tungus Tungus (tnk
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