What is Yenisei?
[[File:Bank_of_Yenisei_River.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|'''Yenisei River''' – As seen from the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] near Krasnoyarsk]] The '''Yenisei''' (''Енисе́й'') is a [[river]] in [[Siberia]]. It belongs to the greatest [[river]] system that flows into the [[Arctic Ocean]]. The Yenisei is the fifth-longest river in the world. It is a little shorter than the [[Mississippi River]], but with 1.5 times the flow. It comes from [[Mongolia]] and follows a northern course to the [[Kara Sea]]. The river [[drain]]s a large part of central Siberia. The longest stream following the Yenisei-[[Angara]]-[[Selenga]]-[[Ider]] is about 5539 km long. Its [[drainage basin|watershed]], which includes the world's largest (by volume) lake, [[Lake Baikal]], holds more water than any other river system. The upper parts of the system have rapids and [[flood]]ing, and pass through areas where very few people live. The middle section is controlled by a series of large [[hydroelectric dam]]s. The dams were built to supply a major Russian [[primary industry]]. Partly built by [[gulag]] labor in Soviet times, [[industry|industrial]] [[contamination]] is a big problem in the area. The area is very hard for the police to watch. Moving on through sparsely populated [[taiga]], the Yenisei grows with many [[tributary|tributaries]] and finally reaches the Kara Sea in desolate [[tundra]] where it is covered with ice for more than half the year. As with other Siberian rivers, the flow has increased lately. People think this is because of [[global warming]]. A concern was also raised that a change in the salt in the Arctic may have a global impact on ocean [[Ocean current|currents]]. {{commonscat|Yenisei River}} {{Asia-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Rivers of Russia]] [[Category:Geography of Mongolia]] [[Category:Siberia]]