Nizhnyaya Tunguska

Nizhnyaya Tunguska Lower Tunguska
The Lower Tunguska crosses the Tunguska and Syverma plateaus.
Map of the Yenisey basin that shows the Nizhnyaya Tunguska river
Native name	Нижняя Тунгуска (Russian)
Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Oblast
Cities	Turukhansk, Tura, Erbogachen
Physical characteristics
Source	Angara Range, Central Siberian Plateau
• location	Ust-Kutsky District, Irkutsk Oblast
• coordinates	58°01′52″N 105°42′07″E / 58.031°N 105.702°E / 58.031; 105.702
• elevation	521 m (1,709 ft)
Mouth	Yenisey
• location	Turukhansk, Turukhansky District
• coordinates	65°46′16″N 87°57′07″E / 65.771°N 87.952°E / 65.771; 87.952
• elevation	1 m (3.3 ft)
Length	2,989 km (1,857 mi)
Basin size	473,000 km2 (183,000 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	mouth[1]
• average	3,680 m3/s (130,000 cu ft/s)
• minimum	1 m3/s (35 cu ft/s)
• maximum	112,000 m3/s (4,000,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Yenisey→ Kara Sea
Tributaries
• right	Kochechum

The Nizhnyaya Tunguska (Russian: Ни́жняя Тунгу́ска, IPA: [ˈnʲiʐnʲɪjə tʊnˈɡuskə], meaning "Lower Tunguska") is a river in Siberia, Russia, that flows through the Irkutsk Oblast and the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The river is a right tributary of the Yenisey joining it at Turukhansk (see Siberian River Routes). The ice-free period on the Nizhnyaya Tunguska starts in mid-June and ends in the first half of October. The river forms the western limit of the Lena Plateau.