Pyasina
Pyasina is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 71.54°, 89.29°
About Pyasina
The Pyasina (Russian: Пясина) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The river is 818 kilometres (508 mi) long, and its basin covers 182,000 square kilometres (70,000 mi2). The Pyasina River originates in Lake Pyasino and flows into the Pyasino Gulf of the Kara Sea. There are more than 60,000 lakes in the basin of the Pyasina covering a total area of 10,450 square kilometres (4,030 sq mi). The river freezes up in late September or early October and stays under the ice until June. It is connected to the river Chetyrekh through its right distributary Staritsa.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Pyasina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Pyasina in Depth
History
The Dvina merchant Kondratiy Kurochkin reached the mouth of the Pyasina in 1610. In 1614, an ostrog was built on the river to collect yasak from the natives. In 1935, before the Dudinka-Norilsk railway had been built, the river Pyasina and Lake Pyasino were used to deliver cargo to the site of the future city of Norilsk.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Pyasina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Pyasina: Key Facts
| Length | 818 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 2,550 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 182,000 km² |
| Source | Pyasino |
| Mouth | Pyasino Gulf |
| Tributaries | Dudypta, Agapa, Mokoritto, Pura, Khatystakh, Chetyrekh, Yangoda, Tareya |
Facts from Wikidata Q81626 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Pyasina: Quick Answers
- Where is Pyasina?
- Pyasina is located in Russia, at 71.5406° N, 89.2870° E.
- Are there dams on the Pyasina?
- No dam on the Pyasina is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.