Bakhta (river)

Bakhta Бахта
View of the river in July
Mouth location in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Location
Evenky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Tunguska Plateau
• coordinates	62°55′54″N 93°26′31″E
• elevation	630 m (2,070 ft)[1]
Mouth	Yenisey
• coordinates	62°27′55″N 89°0′1″E
• elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Length	498 km (309 mi)
Basin size	35,500 km^2 (13,700 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Yenisey→ Kara Sea

The Bakhta (Russian: Бахта) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Yenisey.

The Bakhta is 498 kilometres (309 mi) long, and the area of its basin is 35,500 square kilometres (13,700 sq mi).[2] The lower reaches of the river are navigable.[3]

Course

The Bakhta has its source in the Tunguska Plateau, part of the western side of the Central Siberian Plateau. It begins flowing northwestwards, then it bends about midway through its course and flows roughly southwestwards.[3]

The Bakhta flows in a remote mountainous area through a narrow valley surrounded by taiga until it leaves the plateau area and flows across the Yenisei plain. The Bakhta joins the right bank of the Yenisey at Bakhta village.[4] The confluence is located roughly halfway between the mouths of the Podkamennaya Tunguska and Nizhnyaya Tunguska.[5] The river freezes in mid-October and stays frozen until mid-May.[3]

A section of the lower course of the river, including its confluence with the Yenisei are located in the Central Siberia Nature Reserve.[6]

Basin of the Yenisei

See also

• List of rivers of Russia

References

1. Russia. Topographic map P-46-IX,X, 1:200,000, 1987 edn.
2. Russian State Water Register - Bakhta River
3. Бахта, Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M, 1969-1978.
4. Поселок Бахта Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
5. Google Earth
6. Central Siberia Nature Reserve (in Russian)

External links

• Media related to Bakhta River at Wikimedia Commons
• Fishing in Russia