The Tuba (russian: Туба́) is a river 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 ...
in
Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...
in
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. It is formed by the confluence of the rivers
Kazyr
The Kazyr (russian: Казыр) is a river in the Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. At its confluence with the Amyl, the Tuba (a right tributary of the Yenisey) is formed. Its name translates from the Tuvan language
Tuvan or Tyv ...
(Казыр) and
Amyl
Amyl may refer to:
* Amylum or starch, a carbohydrate
** Amylopectin, a polymer of glucose found in plants; one of two components of starch
** Amylose, a helical polymer made of α-D-glucose units; one of two components of starch
* Pentyl, a five- ...
(Амы́л) and is a right 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 ...
.
The length of the river proper is
or from the headwaters of the Kazyr in the Eastern
Sayan Mountains
The Sayan Mountains (russian: Саяны ''Sajany''; mn, Соёны нуруу, ''Soyonï nurû''; otk, 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤, Kögmen) are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia (Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva Republic ...
in the
Minusinsk Hollow
Minusinsk Basin or Khakass-Minusinsk Basin (russian: Минусинская (Хакасско-Минусинская) котловина, ''Minusinskaya (Chakassko-Minusinskaya) kotlovina'') is in Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located ...
. The area of its basin, which includes more than a thousand lakes, is .
[
The Tuba flows into the ]Krasnoyarsk Reservoir
Krasnoyarsk Reservoir, known also as the Krasnoyarsk Sea, is an artificial lake which was created by the construction of the Krasnoyarsk Dam. It is one of the largest artificial reservoirs in the world. In Russia, it now ranks second (after the Br ...
so that the mouth of the Tuba is actually part of the reservoir.
The river is navigable at high water to from its mouth, but it freezes sometime around late October to early December, and thaws from April to early May.
There are two (sometimes considered three) road bridges and a railway bridge constructed over the Tuba.
See also
* Хакасско-Минусинская котловина.jpg, a map of the Upper Yenisei and its tributaries including the Tuba
References
External links
*
Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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