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Which headstreams join at Kyzyl to form the Yenisey River?
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Yenisey River
The Ob and Yenisey river basins and their drainage networks.
The Yenisey River begins at the city of Kyzyl in the republic of Tyva, Russia, where its two primary headstreams join:12
- The Great (Bolshoy) Yenisey, also known as the By-Khem, which rises in the Eastern Sayan Mountains.2
- The Little (Maly) Yenisey, also known as the Ka-Khem, which rises in the Darhadïn Bowl of Mongolia.12