Podkamennaya Tunguska River

Podkamennaya Tunguska River

Infobox River | river_name = Podkamennaya Tunguska



caption = Map of the Yenisei basin that shows the Podkamennaya Tunguska river
origin =
mouth = Yenisei River
basin_countries = Russia
length = 1,865 km (1,159 mi)
elevation =
discharge =
watershed = 240,000 km²

The Podkamennaya Tunguska ( _ru. Подкаменная Тунгуска, literally "Substone Tunguska") is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; it is a right tributary of the Yenisei and has a length of 1865 km. The name of the river comes from the fact that it flows under pebble fields without open water. The Tunguska event in June 1908 occurred near this river.

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