Tunguska

American  

[toong-goo-skuh, toon-goo-skuh] / tʊŋˈgu skə, tunˈgu skə /

noun

1. any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the Lower Tunguska, 2,000 miles (3,220 km) long; the Upper Tunguska or the lower course of the Angara, 1,151 miles (1,855 km) long; and the Stony Tunguska, about 975 miles (1,570 km) long.

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Tunguska British  

/ 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

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Tunguska

At the Tunguska site, researchers found shocked quartz showing clear planar fractures, some of which were filled with meltglass.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025

During the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia, the impact of a 213-foot meteor lofted debris, creating bright nights for several days over Europe and Asia, from Siberia to the Atlantic Ocean, according to the USGS.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

The nearest humans have come to this scale of event was the Tunguska event in 1908 when a 50-metre asteroid exploded in the skies above Siberia.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024

If it were to hit Earth, 2023 DW is big enough that it could rival the Tunguska event, a massive explosion in Siberia in 1908 that flattened 80 million trees.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2023

Recently, the Soviet scientist E. Sobotovich has identified a large number of tiny diamonds strewn over the Tunguska site.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan