Kan (river)

Coordinates: 56°30′43″N 93°47′28″E / 56.512°N 93.791°E / 56.512; 93.791
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Kan
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthYenisey
 • coordinates
56°30′43″N 93°47′28″E / 56.512°N 93.791°E / 56.512; 93.791
Length629 km (391 mi)
Basin size36,900 km2 (14,200 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionYeniseyKara Sea

The Kan (Russian: Кан) river is a right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia. It is 629-kilometre (391 mi) long and drains a basin of 36,900 square kilometres (14,200 sq mi).[1] Its valley forms the southern boundary of the Yenisey Range.[2]

Course[edit]

The headwaters of the river rise in the Sayan Mountains and flow from there in a northerly direction through Kansk and then in a westerly direction through Zelenogorsk, entering Yenisei at Ust-Kan, 69 kilometres (43 mi) north-east of Krasnoyarsk.

Basin of the Yenisei

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Река КАН in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ Енисейский кряж, Great Soviet Encyclopedia

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