River in Russia
Khatanga Show map of Krasnoyarsk Krai Khatanga (river) (Russia)
Show map of Russia Country Russia Source confluence of Kotuy and Kheta
Mouth Laptev Sea • coordinates
73°11′14″N 106°12′25″E / 73.18722°N 106.20694°E / 73.18722; 106.20694 Length 227 km (141 mi)
(Khatanga–Kotuy 1,636 km (1,017 mi)[ 1] Basin size 364,000 km2 (141,000 sq mi)[ 2] Discharge • location Near mouth • average (Period: 1984–2018)102 km3 /a (3,200 m3 /s)[ 3]
Progression Laptev Sea River system Khatanga River Tributaries • left Kheta , Novaya , Malaya Balakhnya • right Kotuy , Nizhnyaya, Bludnaya, Popigay
Map of the Khatanga drainage basin, including the Kheta (to the north) and Kotuy (to the south) The Khatanga (Russian : Хатанга ) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia . The river is navigable. The river port of Khatanga is located on the river.
Course
It begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta . The Khatanga is 227 km (141 mi) long (1,636 km (1,017 mi) including its headwater Kotuy);[ 1] area of its basin is 364,000 km2 (141,000 sq mi).[ 4] Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea , forming an estuary . There are more than 112,000 lakes , with a total surface area of 11,600 square kilometres (4,500 sq mi), in the basin of the river.
The Khatanga freezes up in late September–early October and breaks up in early June. Its main tributaries are the Nizhnyaya , Bludnaya , Popigay , Novaya , and Malaya Balakhnya .
Fauna
The Khatanga teems with different kinds of fish , including ryapushka , omul , muksun , white salmon , taimen , loach , among others.
History
Russian fur traders first reached the Khatanga about 1611.[ 5]
See also
References
^ a b "Река Хатанга (Котуй, Сейси) in the State Water Register of Russia" . textual.ru (in Russian).^ Хатанга , Great Soviet Encyclopedia ^ Dongmei, Feng; Colin, J. Gleason; Peirong, Lin; Xiao, Yang; Ming, Pan; Yuta, Ishitsuka (2021). "Recent changes to Arctic river discharge" . Nature Communications . 12 (6917). doi :10.1038/s41467-021-27228-1 . PMC 8617260 ^ Хатанга , Great Soviet Encyclopedia ^ Armstrong, Terence (2010). Russian Settlement in the North . Cambridge University Press.
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