Little Yenisey

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Little Yenisey
Small Yenisey
Ka-Hem river.jpg
Kaa-Khem
Native name
  • Малый Енисей  (Russian)
  • Каа-Хем  (Tuvan)
Location
CountryMongolia, Russia
StateKhövsgöl, Tuva
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKhoridol Saridag mountains
MouthYenisey
 • location
Kyzyl, Tuva
 • coordinates
51°30′N 98°2′E / 51.500°N 98.033°E / 51.500; 98.033Coordinates: 51°30′N 98°2′E / 51.500°N 98.033°E / 51.500; 98.033
Length563 km (350 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionYeniseyKara Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftBusiyn-Gol,
 • rightSharga, Tengis, Belin

The Little Yenisey (Russian: Малый Енисей Maly Yenisey) a river in northern Mongolia and in Tuva, Russia.[1] At its confluence with the Great Yenisey in Kyzyl (Tuva), the Yenisey is formed. It is 563 kilometres (350 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 58,700 square kilometres (22,700 sq mi).[2] It rises in the Darkhad Valley in northwestern Khövsgöl aimag, Mongolia under the name Shishged Gol (Mongolian: Шишгэд гол; Russian: Шишхид-Гол). Within Tuva it is called Kyzyl-Khem (Tuvan: Кызыл-Хем - red river) and then Kaa-Khem (Tuvan: Каа-Хем - little river) or Maly Yenisey.[3]

In the Darkhad Valley, it receives its tributaries Sharga and Tengis. It flows westward through the Ulaan Taiga Mountain range to Russia. There it is joined by the Busiyn-Gol, the Belin and the . Of its 563 km length, 298 are in Mongolia. A bridge has been erected near Renchinlkhümbe sum center.

The Shishged Gol near Renchinlkhümbe

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