Great Igarka

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Great Igarka
Большая Игарка (Bolshaya Igarka)
Data
location Krasnoyarsk Region ( Russia )
River system Yenisei
Drain over Yenisei  → Kara Sea
source 40 km southwest of Igarka
67 ° 10 ′ 40 ″  N , 85 ° 53 ′ 53 ″  E
muzzle below Igarka in the Yenisei Coordinates: 67 ° 25 ′ 20 "  N , 86 ° 27 ′ 40"  E 67 ° 25 ′ 20 "  N , 86 ° 27 ′ 40"  E
Mouth height approx.  14  m

length 156 km
Catchment area 1720 km²

The Great Igarka ( Russian Большая Игарка , Bolshaya Igarka ) is a 156 km long left tributary of the Yenisei in northern Siberia in the Turukhansk district of the Krasnoyarsk region .

The Great Igarka rises about 40 km southwest of Igarka . Initially the Great Igarka flows south for about 40 km and then turns to the northeast and finally north. The river shows a strongly meandering behavior. The Great Igarka finally flows into the Yenisei below Igarka, 696 kilometers above its mouth into the Kara Sea . Its catchment area is 1720 km².

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Great Igarka in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)