The Kan (russian: Кан) river is a right tributary of the
Yenisey in
Krasnoyarsk Krai,
Siberia,
Russia. It is long and drains a basin of .
Its valley forms the southern boundary of the
Yenisey Range
The Yenisey Range (russian: Енисейский кряж) is a range of mountains in Siberia. Administratively the range is part of the Krasnoyarsk Krai of the Russian Federation. The nearest town is Severo-Yeniseysk.
The mountains have granite ...
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[Енисейский кряж](_blank)
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Course
The headwaters of the river rise in the
Sayan Mountains and flow from there in a northerly direction through
Kansk and then in a westerly direction through
Zelenogorsk Zelenogorsk (russian: Зеленогорск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, a closed town in Krasnoyarsk Krai
*Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg, a municipal town in Kurortny ...
, entering Yenisei at
Ust-Kan, north-east of Krasnoyarsk.
See also
*
List of rivers of Russia
References
Notes
* ''Material translated from the
Russian Wikipedia article.''
Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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