Abakan River

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Abakan (Russian: ) a river of south-central Russia rising in the western Sayan Mountains and flowing northeast through the Minusinsk Depression to the Yenisei River as its left tributary. Length: about 514 km, drainage basin area: 32,000 sq.km. Used for timber floating and irrigation.

The city Abakan is located at the confluence of the Abakan and the Yenisei.

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