Karenga (river)

The Karenga (Russian: Каренга) is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is 366 kilometres (227 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 10,100 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi).[1] The area through which the river flows is inhabited by indigenous Tungus people.[2]

Karenga
Karenga (river) is located in Zabaykalsky Krai
Karenga (river)
Mouth location in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai
Physical characteristics
SourceYablonoi Mountains
South Siberian System
 • coordinates52°54′40″N 114°33′26″E
 • elevation1,612 m (5,289 ft)
MouthVitim
 • location
Near Ust-Karenga
 • coordinates
54°27′41″N 116°31′01″E
 • elevation
561 m (1,841 ft)
Length366 km (227 mi)
Basin size10,100 km2 (3,900 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average55 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionVitim→ Lena→ Laptev Sea

There are Neolithic archaeological sites near the mouth of the river where ancient ceramic remains belonging to the Ust-Karenga Culture have been found.[3][4]

Course

The Karenga is a right tributary of the Vitim. Its sources are in the Chingikhan Saddle, located between the Yablonoi Mountains and the Chersky Range. Kontalaksky Golets, the highest peak of the Yablonoi rises to the NW of the river valley, near Tungokochen.[5][2] It flows in a mainly northeastern direction within a winding channel. The vegetation along the banks of the river is mainly sparse larch taiga. Its lower course is at the eastern end of the Vitim Plateau.[6] Finally, at the border with Buryatia it meets the Vitim 1,083 kilometres (673 mi) from its mouth in the Lena.[2][7]

The longest tributaries of the Karenga are the 66 km (41 mi) long Bugarikhta and the 63 km (39 mi) long Bereya from the right. The river basin has 332 lakes with a total area of 7.4 km2 (2.9 sq mi).[8] The river is frozen between late November and mid April. It has sharp fluctuations in the water level in the spring and summer.[7] There is patchy distribution of permafrost in the basin.[2]

Basin of the Vitim with the Karenga in the lower right.

See also

References
  1. "Река Каренга in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. Каренга - Water of Russia
  3. Vetrov V.M. Ceramics of the Ust-Karenga Culture in the Vitim.
  4. "Усть-Каренгская культура" [Ust-Karenga Culture] (in Russian). Энциклопедия Забайкалья. Retrieved 29 September 2021. (in Russian)
  5. Google Earth
  6. Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Vitim Plateau
  7. Karenga // Great Soviet Encyclopedia: [in 30 vols.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
  8. Энциклопедия Забайкалья Karenga, river
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