Taymyra
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The Taymyra () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the middle of the Taymyr Peninsula and flows into the Kara sea. It is about long and has a drainage basin of .
Key facts
- River.name
- Taymyra
- River.image
- Karte Taimyr.png
- River.image_caption
- Basin of the Taymyra
- River.source1
- Byrranga Mountains
- River.source1_location
- Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai
- River.mouth
- Kara Sea
- River.mouth_location
- Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
- River.subdivision_type2
- Region
- River.subdivision_name2
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- River.length_km
- 840
- River.length_ref
- (total)
- River.basin_size_km2
- 124,000
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Wikidata facts
- Length
- 187
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- watershed area
- 124000
- discharge
- 1220
- Commons category
- Taymyr River
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The Taymyra () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the middle of the Taymyr Peninsula and flows into the Kara sea. It is about long and has a drainage basin of .
The Taymyra is the most northerly river system of its size or greater, the largest river whose basin is wholly north of the Arctic Circle, and also the largest with a basin lying entirely above the polar tree line.
On the map
4 mapped locations
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Kara Sea
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Russia
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Russian
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geographic coordinate system
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Krasnoyarsk Krai
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drainage basin
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Arctic Circle
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estuary
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Taymyr Peninsula
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river mouth
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Science
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Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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tree line
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Taymyr
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Byrranga Mountains
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Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
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Taymyr Gulf
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Shrenk
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