The Kengeede (russian: Кэнгээдэ; sah, Күҥгэдэ), also spelled as ''Kengede'',Operational Navigation Chart C-5, 2nd edition
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(Sakha Republic) and

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 ...

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. It is the second longest

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of the

Arga-Sala The Arga-Sala (russian: Арга-Сала; sah, Арҕаа Салаа) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic) and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is the largest tributary of the Olenyok with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river bas ...

, of the

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basin, and has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river basin is a lonely, desolate area devoid of settlements.

Course

The Kengeede is a left tributary of the Arga-Sala. Its sources are in the southern end of the

Anabar Plateau The Anabar Plateau ( rus, Анабарское плато) is a mountain plateau in Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Siberia, Russia. The plateau is in a latitude dominated by permafrost. The permafrost thickness under the Anab ...

, south of the basin of the

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. The river flows roughly southwards , to the east of the

Kyuyonelekeen The Kyuyonelekeen (russian: Кюёнэлэкээн; sah, Күөнэлэкээн), also spelled as ''Kyuyonelekyan'' and ''Kyuenelekyan'', is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic) and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is the third longest tributary of ...

. It heads across mountainous

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areas with

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and

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s in numerous sections. In its upper course it bends eastwards, then for a stretch northeastwards, and then again southwards, heading in that direction for the remainder of its course. Finally it joins the left bank of the

river from its mouth, not far upstream of

village,

Olenyoksky District Olenyoksky District (russian: Оленёкский улу́с; sah, Өлөөн улууһа, ''Ölöön uluuha'', ), or Olenyoksky-Evenki National District, is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III di ...

, one of the few inhabited localities of the area.

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The river is frozen between the first half of October and late May or early June.Кенгеде nature.ykt.ru
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Tributaries

Its main tributaries are the long Talakhtaakh (Талахтаах), the long Osur (Осур), the long Tokur (Токур) and the long Budurkhai (Будьурхай) from the left, as well as the long Kuraanakh (Кураанах) and the long Kharaap (Хараап) from the right.

References

External links

Fishing & Tourism in YakutiaThe Vendian System and Neoproterozoic-III Sokolov-1995
{{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of the Sakha Republic Tributaries of the Arga-Sala Central Siberian Plateau

Course

Tributaries

See also

References

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