Quick Facts
- Also spelled:
- Podkamennaja Tunguska
- English:
- Stony Tunguska
- Also called:
- Srednyaya Tunguska
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Podkamennaya Tunguska River
river, Russia
Also known as: Katanga River, Podkamennaja Tunguska River, Srednyaya Tunguska River, Stony Tunguska River(Show More)
Podkamennaya Tunguska River, tributary of the Yenisey River in western Siberia, Irkutsk oblast (province), Russia. It has a total length of 1,159 miles (1,865 km) and a drainage basin of 96,100 square miles (249,000 square km). Known in its upper section as the Katanga, it rises on the Central Siberian Plateau near the watershed with the Lena-Angara system and flows generally northwestward to join the Yenisey at Podkamennaya Tunguska village. Its upper part has a wide, swampy valley; its lower section has numerous falls and rapids. The river is navigable for 710 miles (1,140 km) to the village of Vanavara.
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