Ket (river)
Ket | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Ket |
• location | Bolshemurtinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
• coordinates | 56°49′48″N 92°28′59″E / 56.830°N 92.483°E |
• elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
Mouth | Ob |
• location | Shpalozavod, Tomsk Oblast |
• coordinates | 58°53′56″N 81°33′30″E / 58.8989°N 81.5583°E |
• elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
Length | 1,621 km (1,007 mi) |
Basin size | 94,200 km2 (36,400 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Ob→ Kara Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Malaya Ket, Mendel, Yelovaya, Chachamga[1] |
• right | Sochur, Orlovka, Lisitsa[2] |
The Ket (Кеть), also known in its upper reaches as the Bolshaya Ket (Большая Кеть) is a west-flowing river in the Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tomsk Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob. The Ket has a length of 1,621 kilometres (1,007 mi) and a drainage basin of 94,200 square kilometres (36,400 sq mi).[3] It freezes up in late October or early November and stays under the ice until late April or early May. Its main tributaries are the Sochur, Orlovka and Lisitsa from the right, Malaya Ket, Mendel, Yelovaya, and Chachamga from the left.[4]
The Ket once served as one of the main river routes in Siberia. A portage near its headwaters allowed one to cross from the Ob River basin to the
See also Ket people.
References
This article includes content derived from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978, which is partially in the public domain.
- ^ Кеть, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Кеть, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ "Река КЕТЬ in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Кеть, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Clifford M Foust,'Muscovite and Mandarin', 1968, page 100
- ^ John Bell, Travels from St Petersburg in Russia to diverse parts of Asia, Edinburgh, 1806, pages 377-380