The Kureyka (Russian: Курейка; also Lyuma, Numa) is a major right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.
| Kureyka | |
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 The cataracts in the Putorana Nature Reserve | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Yenisey |
• coordinates | 66°29′18″N 87°14′08″E / 66.48833°N 87.23556°E |
| Length | 888 km (552 mi) |
| Basin size | 44,700 km2 (17,300 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Yenisey→ Kara Sea |
It falls from the Putorana Plateau to the vast taiga plain of Northern Siberia and flows northward passing through a series of elongated lakes, including the Yadun, Anama, and Dyupkun lakes. It is 888 kilometres (552 mi) long.[1] The river drains an area of about 44,700 square kilometres (17,300 sq mi).[2] Its valley forms the northern boundary of the Tunguska Plateau.[3] At the confluence, the Kureyka is more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) wide.
The Kureyka basin is very sparsely populated. The village of Kureyka used to have a museum dedicated to Joseph Stalin, who was exiled there in 1914–17.[4] The Kureyskaya Hydroelectric Station was built in 1975–2002. It is served by the people from Svetlogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, a townlet sitting just above the Kureyka Reservoir. Plans for another power station somewhere downstream are under consideration.
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Курейка, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ "Body of water in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Geographic Encyclopedia - Tunguska Plateau (in Russian)
- ^ "Неизвестный автор. Курейка и Сталин". www.memorial.krsk.ru. Archived from the original on 2001-04-27.