Kureyka
Kureyka 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
- 67.06°, 89.40°
About Kureyka
The Kureyka (Russian: Курейка; also Lyuma, Numa) is a major right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.
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. The river drains an area of about 44,700 square kilometres (17,300 mi2). Its valley forms the northern boundary of the Tunguska Plateau. 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. 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.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Kureyka (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Kureyka: Key Facts
| Length | 888 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 664 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 44,700 km² |
| Source | Putorana Plateau |
| Mouth | Yenisei |
| Drainage system | Yenisey basin |
Facts from Wikidata Q909457 (CC0).
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Kureyka: Quick Answers
- Where is Kureyka?
- Kureyka is located in Russia, at 67.0626° N, 89.4011° E.
- Are there dams on the Kureyka?
- No dam on the Kureyka is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.