Khatanga
Khatanga is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 72.43°, 103.41°
About Khatanga
The Khatanga (Russian: Хатанга) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. The river is navigable. The river port of Khatanga is located on the river.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Khatanga (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Khatanga in Depth
Course
It begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta. The Khatanga is 227 km (141 mi) long (1,636 km (1,017 mi) including its headwater Kotuy); the area of its basin is 364,000 km2 (141,000 mi2). It flows into the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea, forming an estuary. There are more than 112,000 lakes, with a total surface area of 11,600 square kilometres (4,500 mi2), in the basin of the river.
The Khatanga freezes up in late September–early October and breaks up in early June. Its main tributaries are the Nizhnyaya, Bludnaya, Popigay, Novaya, and Malaya Balakhnya.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Khatanga (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Khatanga: Quick Answers
- Where is Khatanga?
- Khatanga is located in Russia, at 72.4267° N, 103.4123° E.
- Are there dams on the Khatanga?
- No dam on the Khatanga is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.