Kan (river)

This article is about the river in Russia. For the river in China, see Gan River. For the Kan or Panzara-Kan River of India, see Panzara River.

Kan
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Yenisey
• coordinates	56.512°N 93.791°E / 56.512; 93.791
Length	629 km (391 mi)
Basin size	36,900 km2 (14,200 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Yenisey→ Kara Sea

The Kan (Russian: Кан) river is a right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia. It is 629-kilometre (391 mi) long and drains a basin of 36,900 square kilometres (14,200 sq mi). Its valley forms the southern boundary of the Yenisey Range.

Course

The headwaters of the river rise in the Sayan Mountains and flow from there in a northerly direction through Kansk and then in a westerly direction through Zelenogorsk, entering Yenisei at Ust-Kan, 69 kilometres (43 mi) north-east of Krasnoyarsk.

Basin of the Yenisei

ПрфА

See also

• List of rivers of Russia

Notes

• Material translated from the Russian Wikipedia article.