The Sym () is a left, western tributary of the
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 ...
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 Siber ...
,
Russia
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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
It is navigable about upstream from its mouth.
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Course
The Sym begins at a height of in a swampy area of the
West Siberian Plain
The West Siberian Plain (russian: За́падно-Сиби́рская равни́на ''Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina'') is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River ...
. It flows roughly southeastwards across flat and often boggy areas, forming increasingly wide
meander
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s. About before the mouth it bends and flows in a roughly ENE direction, finally joining the left bank of the Yenisey between Yarzevo and Krivlyak.
The river freezes in October or early November and stays frozen until May. Its main tributaries are the Alsym, Kukocha, Oksym and
Kolchum from the right and the Kidenches from the left. The settlement of
Maiskoye is by the Kolchum.
History
Historically the Sym was first reached by
Ket
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serving men in 1605, while a detachment from
Mangazeya ascended the Yenisei to its confluence with the Sym in 1610.
See also
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List of rivers of Russia
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Ket River
image:Siberiariverroutemap.png, 300px, The Ket was a part of the Siberian River Routes.
The Ket (russian: Кеть), also known in its upper reaches as the Bolshaya Ket (russian: Большая Кеть) is a west-flowing river in the Krasnoyarsk ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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