Taymyra | |
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Native name | Таймыра ( Russian) |
Location | |
Country | Russia |
Region | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Byrranga Mountains |
• location | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
• coordinates | 74°23′24″N 95°04′23″E / 74.390°N 95.073°E |
• elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Mouth | Kara Sea |
• location | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
• coordinates | 76°06′40″N 99°47′20″E / 76.1111°N 99.7889°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 840 km (520 mi) (total) |
Basin size | 124,000 km2 (48,000 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 990 m3/s (35,000 cu ft/s) [1] |
The Taymyra ( Russian: Таймыра) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the middle of the Taymyr Peninsula. [2] It is about 840 kilometres (520 mi) long and has a drainage basin of 124,000 square kilometres (48,000 sq mi). [3] [4]
The Taymyra is the most northerly river system of its size or greater, the largest river whose basin is wholly north of the Arctic Circle, and also the largest with a basin lying entirely above the polar tree line. [1]