Little Yenisey

Little Yenisey
Kaa-Khem
Native name	Малый Енисей (Russian) Каа-Хем (Tuvan) Шишгэд гол (Mongolian)
Location
Country	Mongolia, Russia
State	Khövsgöl, Tuva
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Khoridol Saridag mountains
Mouth	Yenisey
• location	Kyzyl, Tuva
• coordinates	51°30′N 98°2′E / 51.500°N 98.033°E / 51.500; 98.033
Length	563 km (350 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Yenisey→ Kara Sea
Tributaries
• left	Busiyn-Gol, Balyktyg-Khem
• right	Sharga, Tengis, Belin

The Little Yenisey^[1] (Russian: Малый Енисей, romanized: Mályy Yeniséy, pronounced [ˈmalɨj (j)ɪnʲɪˈsʲej]; Tuvan: Каа-Хем or Кызыл-Хем; Mongolian: Шишгэд гол, romanized: Shishged gol, pronounced [ˈɕʲiɕgɪt ɢɔɮ]) is a river in northern Mongolia and in Tuva, Russia.^[2] At its confluence with the Great Yenisey in Kyzyl (Tuva), the Yenisey is formed. It is 563 kilometres (350 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 58,700 square kilometres (22,700 sq mi).^[3] It rises as the Shishged Gol in the Darkhad Valley in northwestern Khövsgöl aimag in Mongolia.

In the Darkhad Valley, it receives its tributaries Sharga and Tengis. It flows westward through the Ulaan Taiga Mountain range to Russia. There it is joined by the Busiyn-Gol, the Belin and the Balyktyg-Khem. Of its 563 km length, 298 are in Mongolia. A bridge has been erected near Renchinlkhümbe sum center.

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