The Indiga (russian: Индига) is a river in the

Nenets Autonomous District The Nenets Autonomous Okrug (russian: Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг; Nenets: Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ''Nenjocije awtonomnoj ŋokruk'') is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Ar ...

in the north of the European part of Russia. It flows into the

Barents Sea The Barents Sea ( , also ; no, Barentshavet, ; russian: Баренцево море, Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territo ...

. The Indiga rises on the northeast edge of the

Timan Ridge The Timan Ridge (russian: Тиманский кряж – ''Timansky Kryazh'') is a highland in the far north of European Russia. Most of the Timan Ridge is situated in the Komi Republic, but the northernmost part is in Nenets Autonomous Okrug a ...

. It flows in a north-northwesterly direction through the Malozemelskaya Tundra before flowing into Indigskaya Bay, a small bay east of

Chosha Bay Chosha Bay (Choshskaya Guba, russian: Чёшская губа) is an inlet of the Barents Sea, 84 miles (135 km) wide and 62 miles (100 km) long, lies between the East shore of Kanin peninsula and the mainland of northern European Russia ...

on the coast of the Barents Sea. At its mouth on the right bank is the settlement Indiga. The Indiga has a length of 193 km and a watershed of 3790 km².{{GVR, 164365 On the upper reaches of the river has rapids. In the lower reaches of the Indiga runs in a wide river valley. The Indiga is mainly fed by the melting snow. In late October or early November, the Indiga becomes icebound and remains covered with ice until May.

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Rivers of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Drainage basins of the Barents Sea