What is the route of the Yenisey River through Tyva?

The Yenisey River begins at the city of Kyzyl in the republic of Tyva, formed by the confluence of the Great (Bolshoy) Yenisey and the Little (Maly) Yenisey rivers.1

From Kyzyl, the river flows westward through the Tyva Basin for approximately 115 miles (185 km), during which it varies in width and often splits into braided channels around gravelly shoals. At the western end of the basin, the river enters the Sayano-Shushen Reservoir, where it receives the Khemchik River. The Yenisey then turns north, flowing through the reservoir and occupying a submerged canyon that cuts across the Western Sayan Mountains before exiting the region at Oznachennoye.2