The Bazaikha (russian: База́иха) is a river in the

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...

. It is the third largest river in the

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

neighborhood after

Yenisey The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

and

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. The name derived from the

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— iron river. The length of the Bazaikha is and the

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of its basin is .Russian State Water Register - Bazaikha River
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Course

Beginning in the

Eastern Sayan The Sayan Mountains (russian: Саяны ''Sajany''; mn, Соёны нуруу, ''Soyonï nurû''; otk, 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤, Kögmen) are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia (Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva Republic ...

mountains it flows west-northward without a contact with populated places until the very confluence with the

in the

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s near the southwestern edge of the Krasnoyarsk city. The valley is mostly deep and winding with the banks covered with conifers.

Tourism

Numerous resorts,

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s and cottages are built in the valley stretching for inwards from the confluence. By the Yenisei, the village of ''Bazaikha'' is located in what is considered a part of Krasnoyarsk; it should not be confused with the railway station named ''Bazaikha'' which is west of it. The closest approach to the wild part of Bazaikha is from the villages of Beryozovskiy and Magansk.

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Course

Tourism

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