Tunguska

[ toong-goo-skuh; Russian toon-goo-skuh ]

noun

1. any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the Lower Tunguska, 2,000 miles (3,220 km) long; the Upper Tunguska or the lower course of the Angara, 1,151 miles (1,855 km) long; and the Stony Tunguska, about 975 miles (1,570 km) long.

Tunguska

/ tunˈɡuskə /

noun

1. any of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, all tributaries of the Yenisei: the Lower (Nizhnyaya) Tunguska 2690 km (1670 miles) long; the Stony (Podkamennaya) Tunguska 1550 km (960 miles) long; the Upper (Verkhnyaya) Tunguska which is the lower course of the Angara

Example Sentences

Like Tunguska, the airburst probably generated strong winds that flung the glass as it formed, creating the folded look.

From Science News

Tunguska-sized airbursts, such as the one that occurred at Tall el-Hammam, can devastate entire cities and regions, and they pose a severe modern-day hazard.

From Singularity Hub 

The same evidence is found at known impact sites, such as Tunguska and the Chicxulub crater, created by the asteroid that triggered the dinosaur extinction.

From Singularity Hub 

It appears that the culprit at Tall el-Hammam was a small asteroid similar to the one that knocked down 80 million trees in Tunguska, Russia in 1908.

From Singularity Hub 

The Tunguska asteroid event was so unusual that witnesses believed it was a visitation from a vengeful god.

From The Daily Beast