Turukhan River

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Turukhan River (Турухан in Russian) 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 sq km. 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.