The Khatanga (Russian: Хатанга) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. The river is navigable. The river port of Khatanga is located on the river.
| Khatanga | |
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  Mouth location in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia  Khatanga (river) (Russia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of Kotuy and Kheta |
| Mouth | Laptev Sea |
• coordinates | 73°11′14″N 106°12′25″E / 73.18722°N 106.20694°E |
| Length | 227 km (141 mi) (Khatanga–Kotuy 1,636 km (1,017 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 364,000 km2 (141,000 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | (Period: 1984–2018)102 km3/a (3,200 m3/s)[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Laptev Sea |
| River system | Khatanga River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Kheta, Novaya, Malaya Balakhnya |
| • right | Kotuy, Nizhnyaya, Bludnaya, Popigay |
Course
editIt begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta. The Khatanga is 227 km (141 mi) long (1,636 km (1,017 mi) including its headwater Kotuy);[1] the area of its basin is 364,000 km2 (141,000 sq mi).[4] It flows into the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea, forming an estuary. There are more than 112,000 lakes, with a total surface area of 11,600 square kilometres (4,500 sq mi), in the basin of the river.
The Khatanga freezes up in late September–early October and breaks up in early June. Its main tributaries are the Nizhnyaya, Bludnaya, Popigay, Novaya, and Malaya Balakhnya.
Fauna
editThe Khatanga teems with different kinds of fish, including ryapushka, omul, muksun, white salmon, taimen, loach, among others.
History
editRussian fur traders first reached the Khatanga about 1611.[5]
See also
edit- List of largest unfragmented rivers
- Katanga, name for the upper course of the river Podkamennaya Tunguska
References
edit- ^ a b "Река Хатанга (Котуй, Сейси) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Хатанга, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Dongmei, Feng; Colin, J. Gleason; Peirong, Lin; Xiao, Yang; Ming, Pan; Yuta, Ishitsuka (2021). "Recent changes to Arctic river discharge". Nature Communications. 12 (6917). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27228-1. PMC 8617260.
- ^ Хатанга, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Armstrong, Terence (2010). Russian Settlement in the North. Cambridge University Press.
External links
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