Abakan (river)

River in Russia

Abakan

The Abakan River

Mouth location

Native name| Абака́н (Russian)
Location
Country| Russia
State| Republic of Khakassia
Cities| Abaza, Abakan
Physical characteristics
Source| Bolshoy Abakan
2nd source| Maly Abakan
Mouth| Yenisey

• location

| Abakan

• coordinates

| 53°43′50″N 91°30′31″E﻿ / ﻿53.73056°N 91.50861°E﻿ / 53.73056; 91.50861
Length| 327 km (203 mi)
Basin size| 32,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression| Yenisey→ Kara Sea

The Abakan (Russian: Абака́н; Khakas: Ағбан, Ağban), (from the Khakas word for "bear's blood") is a river in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia.[1] It is a left tributary of the Yenisey. The river is used for log driving and irrigation. The city of Abakan is located at the confluence of the Abakan and the Yenisey.

## Course

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It is formed by the confluence of the rivers Bolshoy Abakan and Maly Abakan. It rises in the western Sayan Mountains and flows northeast through the Minusinsk Depression to the Yenisey. It is about 514 kilometres (319 mi) long from the Bolshoy Abakan's source, and 327 kilometres (203 mi) for the Abakan proper. Its drainage basin covers 32,000 square kilometres (12,000 sq mi).[2]

Basin of the Yenisey

## See also

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* List of rivers of Russia

## References

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1. ^ "Abakan River | river, Russia | Britannica". Archived from the original on 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
2. ^ "Река АБАКАН in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).

## Further reading

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* Dash, Mike (29 January 2013). "For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

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