The Kotuy () is a
river
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in
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 Si ...
,
Russia
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. It is one of the two rivers that form the
Khatanga; the other one being the
Kheta.
The Kotuy is long, and the
area
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of its
basin is . It freezes up in late September or early October and breaks up in late May or early June.
Course
The Kotuy has its source in the
Putorana Mountains
The Putorana Plateau () or the Putorana Mountains is a mountainous area in the Russian Federation.
It is a large massif
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and flows north, cutting from the south across the western side of the
Anabar Plateau.
After leaving the plateau area it flows northwestwards until the confluence with the Kheta to form the Khatanga, a little distance upstream from
Khatanga town.
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Its main
tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
are the
Moyero, the
Tukalan, the
Eriyechka, the
Changada, and the
Kotuykan
The Kotuykan () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Kotuy.
The Kotuykan is long, and the area of its basin is . It freezes up in late September and breaks up in late May or early June.
Course
The Kotuyk ...
, which has its source in the highest part of the Anabar Plateau.
Lake Yessey is part of the river basin.
Аnаbаr - Kotuykan River
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai
North Siberian Lowland
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