Kureyka

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

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

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, 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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