Yenisey Gulf

Location of the Yenisei estuary.

The Yenisei Gulf (Template:Lang-ru) is a large and long estuary through which the lower Yenisei River flows into the Kara Sea. The Yenisei Gulf is formed by the river widening to an average of 50 km for up to 250 km in a roughly north-south direction, between a latitude of 70° 30' N in the area around Munguy settlement, north of Dudinka. Its mouth is roughly located at 72° 30’ N, in the area of Sibiryakov Island, in the Kara Sea.

The Yenisei estuary has some flat, low-lying islands at its southern end, but upriver it widens and becomes a clear expanse. It is surrounded by lakes and swamps and it has many arms through which lesser rivers of the tundra flow into it. The whole area is bleak and sparsely inhabited, and the settlements are built on permafrost ground.

The climate in this desolate area is severe, with long and bitter winters and frequent blizzards and gales. The Yenisei estuary is frozen for about nine months in a year and even in summer it is never quite free of ice floes. During the winter the shipping lanes are kept open by icebreaker.

The Yenisei Gulf and all its islands belong to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation and is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.

References

• Colin Thubron, In Siberia.
• Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the estuary of the Yenisei: [1]
• Salt intrusions in Siberian river estuaries: [2]
• Freight map: [3]

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Location of the Yenisei estuary.

The Yenisei Gulf (Template:Lang-ru) is a large and long estuary through which the lower Yenisei River flows into the Kara Sea. The Yenisei Gulf is formed by the river widening to an average of 50 km for up to 250 km in a roughly north-south direction, between a latitude of 70° 30' N in the area around Munguy settlement, north of Dudinka. Its mouth is roughly located at 72° 30’ N, in the area of Sibiryakov Island, in the Kara Sea.

The Yenisei estuary has some flat, low-lying islands at its southern end, but upriver it widens and becomes a clear expanse. It is surrounded by lakes and swamps and it has many arms through which lesser rivers of the tundra flow into it. The whole area is bleak and sparsely inhabited, and the settlements are built on permafrost ground.

The climate in this desolate area is severe, with long and bitter winters and frequent blizzards and gales. The Yenisei estuary is frozen for about nine months in a year and even in summer it is never quite free of ice floes. During the winter the shipping lanes are kept open by icebreaker.

The Yenisei Gulf and all its islands belong to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation and is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.

References

• Colin Thubron, In Siberia.
• Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the estuary of the Yenisei: [4]
• Salt intrusions in Siberian river estuaries: [5]
• Freight map: [6]