Yenisei Basin
The Yenisei is the fifth-longest river system in the world, and the largest to drain into the Arctic Ocean. Rising in Mungaragiyn-gol in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course through Lake Baikal and the Krasnoyarsk Dam before draining into the Yenisey Gulf in the Kara Sea. The Yenisey divides the Western Siberian Plain in the west from the Central Siberian Plateau to the east” (Wiki). The Putorana Plateau is a sub-plateau of the Central Siberian Plateau.see map
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Deer Stone Monuments | “Bronze Age complex site with deer stones at Khoid Tamir valley” (UNESCO)… The Tamir joins the Orkhon and then the Slenge on the way to Lake Baikal and the Yenisei | |
| Lake Baikal | "The lake drains into the Angara, a tributary of the Yenisey." (wiki) | |
| Orkhon Valley | joins the Selenge on its way to Lake Baikal and the Yenisei | |
| Putorana Plateau | The Plateau feeds 3 river systems - “three river basins (Yenisei, Pyasina and Khatanga)” (Nom File) The main river feeding the Yenisei is the Khantayka whose source is is Lake Maloye Khantayskoye in the Putorana Massif. |
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