Podkamennaya Tunguska
Podkamennaya Tunguska 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
- 61.40°, 96.42°
About Podkamennaya Tunguska
The Podkamennaya Tunguska (Russian: Подкаменная Тунгуска, literally Tunguska under the stones; Evenki: Дулгу Катэнӈа, Ket: Ӄо’ль) also known as Middle Tunguska or Stony Tunguska, is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Podkamennaya Tunguska (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Podkamennaya Tunguska in Depth
Hydrology
The river's nutrition is mainly snow (60%); rain and groundwater nutrition account for 16 and 24%, respectively. The flood lasts from the beginning of May to the end of June, in the lower reaches until the beginning of July. From July to October, there is a summer low, interrupted by a rise in the level to 5.5 m during floods, which can be from one to four per year. The average annual water consumption at the mouth is 1587.18 m3/s, during summer floods it reaches 35,000 m3/s. Ice phenomena have been occurring since mid-October, the autumn ice drift of 7–16 days is accompanied by the formation of ice jams.
The ice age lasts from the end of October to the middle of May.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Podkamennaya Tunguska (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Podkamennaya Tunguska: Key Facts
| Length | 1,865 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 1,587 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 240,000 km² |
| Mouth | Yenisei |
| Drainage system | Yenisey basin |
| Tributaries | Kamo, Velmo, Tetere, Chunya |
Facts from Wikidata Q26361 (CC0).
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
Podkamennaya Tunguska: Quick Answers
- Where is Podkamennaya Tunguska?
- Podkamennaya Tunguska is located in Russia, at 61.4000° N, 96.4180° E.
- Are there dams on the Podkamennaya Tunguska?
- No dam on the Podkamennaya Tunguska is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.