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Podkamennaya Tunguska River

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River mouth
  
Yenisei River

Basin area
  
240,000 km²

Country
  
Russia

Length
  
1,865 km

Mouth
  
Yenisei River

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Basin size
  
240,000 km (93,000 sq mi)

Discharge
  
Average rate: 1,750 m/s (62,000 cu ft/s)

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The Podkamennaya Tunguska (Russian: Подкаменная Тунгуска, literally Tunguska under the stones, also Middle Tunguska or Stony Tunguska) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is an eastern tributary of the Yenisei and has a length of 1,160 miles (1,870 km). The name of the river comes from the fact that it flows under pebble fields without open water. As early as 1610 Russians from Mangazeya had passed the Stony Tunguska's confluence with the Yenisei; by the 1620s Mangazeya Cossacks and trappers had ascended it seeking fur-tribute from the local Tungus clans. The Tunguska event in June 1908 occurred near this river, some 8 km (5.0 mi) SSE of Lake Cheko.

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Map of r. Podkamennaya Tunguska, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

In its upper reaches the river is known as Katanga.

References

Podkamennaya Tunguska River Wikipedia