Kan_(river)

Kan (river)

Kan (river)

River in Russia

This article is about the river in Russia. For the river in China, see Gan River. For the Kan or Panzara-Kan River of India, see Panzara River.

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]

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Course

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

References

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

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