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How much sediment does the Yenisey River carry into the Kara Sea?
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Yenisey River
The Ob and Yenisey river basins and their drainage networks.
The Yenisey River carries approximately 10.5 million tons of alluvium into the Kara Sea annually. In addition to this sediment, the river transports nearly 30 million tons of dissolved mineral substances into the sea each year.1