Kureika River

The cataracts in the Putorana Nature Reserve

The Kureika (Курейка; also Lyuma, Numa) is a major right tributary of the Yenisei River. 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] At the confluence, it is more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) wide.

The Kureika basin is very sparsely populated. The village of Kureika used to have a museum dedicated to Joseph Stalin, who was exiled there in 1914–17.[3] The Kureyskaya Hydroelectric Station was built in 1975–2002. It is served by the people from Svetlogorsk, a townlet sitting just above the Kureika Reservoir. Plans for another power station somewhere downstream are under consideration.

References

  1. ↑ Great Soviet Encyclopaedia
  2. ↑ Kureika River in the State Water Register of Russia (Russian)
  3. ↑ http://www.memorial.krsk.ru/memuar/noname2.htm

Coordinates: 66°29′18″N 87°14′08″E / 66.48833°N 87.23556°E

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