Yenisei

[ yen-uh-sey ]

noun

1. a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing N from the Sayan Mountains to the Kara Sea. 2,566 miles (4,080 km) long.

Yenisei

/ ˌjɛnɪˈseɪ; jɪniˈsjej /

noun

1. a river in central Russia, in central Siberia, formed by the confluence of two headstreams in the Tuva Republic: flows west and north to the Arctic Ocean; the largest river in volume in Russia. Length: 4129 km (2566 miles)

Example Sentences

Though fed by numerous streams, it has only one outlet, the Angara, a tributary of the Yenisei.

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The spirit of enterprise which pursued the course of the Oby and Yenisei must have led to the discovery of the icy sea.

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A second generation would be impossible, and this would also be the case with Levana in the middle of Yenisei.

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If they could once reach the mouth of the Yenisei, they could always procure the necessary fuel.

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But Gavronsky suddenly went out to the 'Taiga' on the Yenisei and disappeared.

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