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The Khatanga River (Template:Lang-ru) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. It begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta. The Khatanga River is 227 kilometres (141 mi) long; the area of its basin is 364,000 km². It flows into the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea, forming an estuary. There are more than 112,000 lakes (11,600 km²) in the basin of the river.

The Khatanga River freezes up in the late September–early October and breaks up in the early June. Its main tributaries are the Nizhnyaya River, Bludnaya River, Popigay River, Novaya River, and Malaya Balakhnya. The Khatanga River teems with different kinds of fish, including ryapushka, omul, muksun, white salmon, taimen, loach, and others. The river is navigable. The riverport Khatanga is located on the river.

History

Russian fur traders first reached the Khantanga about 1611.

See also

• Katanga River

References

1. Armstrong, Terence (2010). Russian Settlement in the North. Cambridge University Press.

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