Turukhan River

Turukhan River

Turukhan River ( _ru. Турухан) is a river in the Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Yenisei River. The length of the river is 639 km. The area of its basin is 35,800 km². The Turukhan River freezes up in October and stays under the ice until late May - first half of June. Its main tributaries are the Usomchik, Bolshaya Bludnaya, Upper Baikha, Lower Baikha, Makovskaya. The river is navigable within 270 km from its estuary.


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