The Taymyra (russian: Таймыра) is a river in

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. It is located in the middle of the Taymyr Peninsula. It is about long and has a drainage basin of .Таймыра

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The Taymyra is the most northerly river system of its size or greater, the largest river whose basin is wholly north of the

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, and also the largest with a basin lying entirely above the polar

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Course

*The Upper Taymyra (''Verkhnyaya Taymyra'') flows into Lake Taymyr from the west and is the largest river flowing into the lake basin. Its length is 567 km counting the 68 km stretch of the main one of its source rivers (russian: Первая Голова Таймыры). Its main tributary is the Logata, coming from the right. The length of its course in the Taymyr Lake is 86 km. *The Lower Taymyra (''Nizhnyaya Taymyra'') flows out of Lake Taymyr northwards across the Byrranga mountain region into the Taymyr Gulf. Its length is 187 km. The river's mouth forms an

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where its waters join the

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. The Lower Taymyra freezes up in late September or early October and stays under the ice until June on an average year. Its main tributary is the

Shrenk The Shrenk (russian: Шренк) is a river in Russia, the main left tributary of the Taymyra. It is located in the western side of the Taymyr Peninsula in the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative region of the Russian Federation. Course The Shrenk fl ...

, coming from the left.

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Drainage basins of the Kara Sea Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai North Siberian Lowland {{Russia-river-stub