The Tenka (russian: Тенька), also known as Tenke, is a river in

Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...

. It is a right tributary of the

Kolyma Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River an ...

, with a length of a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

of . The river flows across the

Tenkinsky District Tenkinsky District (russian: Теньки́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Magadan Oblast, eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia.Law #1292-OZ As a subdivisions of Russia#Municipal di ...

, which is named after it.

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The Tenka flows through the

Upper Kolyma Highlands The Upper Kolyma Highlands ( rus, Верхнеколымское нагорье) is a highland area in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The biggest town in the highlands is Susuman. There are large deposits of gold, tin and ...

. It heads first roughly northwards, then when it is joined by the Omchak from the left it flows southeastwards, passing near Transportny. Further downstream it bends again and flows northwards until its mouth. Formerly the river joined the right bank of the

from its mouth, but nowadays its mouth is in the

Kolyma Reservoir KolymaReservoir (russian: Колымское водохранилище) is an artificial lake which was created by the construction of the Kolyma Hydroelectric Station on the Kolyma. It was designed by Lenhydroproject. Filling began in 1980 and i ...

at an elevation of . The main tributaries of the Tenka are the long Budyonny (Будённого) from the right; and the long Omchak and long Nilkoba joining it from the left. 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-8
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External links

Kolyma - Modern Guidebook to Magadan Oblast
Rivers of Magadan Oblast

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