Kureyka

Kureyka
The cataracts in the Putorana Nature Reserve
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthYenisey
 • coordinates
66°29′18″N 87°14′08″E / 66.48833°N 87.23556°E / 66.48833; 87.23556
Length888 km (552 mi)
Basin size44,700 km2 (17,300 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionYeniseyKara Sea

The Kureyka (Russian: Курейка; also Lyuma, Numa) is a major right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

It falls from the Putorana Plateau to the vast taiga plain of Northern Siberia and flows northward passing through a series of elongated lakes, including the Yadun, Anama, and Dyupkun lakes. It is 888 kilometres (552 mi) long.[1] The river drains an area of about 44,700 square kilometres (17,300 sq mi).[2] Its valley forms the northern boundary of the Tunguska Plateau.[3] At the confluence, the Kureyka is more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) wide.

The Kureyka basin is very sparsely populated. The village of Kureyka used to have a museum dedicated to Joseph Stalin, who was exiled there in 1914–17.[4] The Kureyskaya Hydroelectric Station was built in 1975–2002. It is served by the people from Svetlogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai [ru], a townlet sitting just above the Kureyka Reservoir. Plans for another power station somewhere downstream are under consideration.

Basin of the Yenisey

See also

References

  1. ^ Курейка, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2. ^ "Body of water in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ Geographic Encyclopedia - Tunguska Plateau (in Russian)
  4. ^ "Неизвестный автор. Курейка и Сталин". www.memorial.krsk.ru. Archived from the original on 2001-04-27.
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