Taseyeva River
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Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is a left tributary of the Angara River
Angara River
The Angara River is a long river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia. It is the only river flowing out of Lake Baikal, and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisei River....
, and is 72 miles (116 km long) long (with its tributary Chuna: 820 miles (1,319 km)). Its drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
is 128,000 km².
The river is formed by the confluence of the Biryusa
Biryusa River
Biryusa is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The Biryusa is 1,012 km long, with a drainage basin of 55,800 km².The river has its sources in the far southwestern areas of Irkutsk Oblast, at 2,500 meter altitude, on the northern slopes of the Sayan Mountains. From the source area the...
and Chuna River
Chuna River
Chuna above the settlement Chunsky) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. It is long, with a drainage basin of 56,800 km²....
s, and the flows towards the northwest to its mouth in the Angara, close to Kulakovo. Its average discharge is 740 m³/sek.
The Taseyeva, with its tributaries the Biryusa River
Biryusa River
Biryusa is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The Biryusa is 1,012 km long, with a drainage basin of 55,800 km².The river has its sources in the far southwestern areas of Irkutsk Oblast, at 2,500 meter altitude, on the northern slopes of the Sayan Mountains. From the source area the...
and Chuna River
Chuna River
Chuna above the settlement Chunsky) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. It is long, with a drainage basin of 56,800 km²....
, drain much of the area between the Angara and the Upper Yenisei. The Biryusa (west) and Chuna (east) flow crookedly north, then bear northwest and join to from the Taseyeva. The Taseyeva continues west and then north to join the Angara River
Angara River
The Angara River is a long river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia. It is the only river flowing out of Lake Baikal, and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisei River....
which flows west about 60km to join the Yenisei River
Yenisei River
Yenisei , also written as Yenisey, is the largest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean. It is the central of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean...
.