The Khutudabiga (Russian: Хутудабига)[1] is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Its source is in the Byrranga Mountains. It flows across desolate tundra regions into the Minina Skerries area of the Kara Sea, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the mouth of the Pyasina. It is 207 kilometres (129 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 4,640 square kilometres (1,790 sq mi).[2]
Khutudabiga | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Kara Sea |
• coordinates | 74°24′04″N 86°38′17″E / 74.401°N 86.638°E |
Length | 207 km (129 mi) |
Basin size | 4,640 km2 (1,790 sq mi) |
The Khutudabiga freezes up in late September—early October and stays under the ice until June. Formerly this river was known as Tamara, but its name was changed after the 1917 Russian Revolution.
References
edit- ^ Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 419
- ^ "Река Хутуда-Бига in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- Barr, William (1983). "The Last Journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, 1919". Arctic. 36 (4): 311–327. doi:10.14430/arctic2286. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14.