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Yenisei

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Ye·ni·sey also Ye·ni·sei  (yn-s, y-n-sy)
A river of central Russia flowing about 4,023 km (2,500 mi) westward and generally north to the Kara Sea through Yenisey Bay, a long estuary.

Yenisei, Yenisey [ˌjɛnɪˈseɪ (Russian) jɪniˈsjej]
n
(Placename) 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)
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Noun1.Yenisei - a Russian river in SiberiaYenisei - a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea
Siberia - a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters
2.Yenisei - the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian
Samoyedic, Samoyed - the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia


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More than 2,000 people have been deployed along the Yenisei River to help with the rescue and clean-up operations.
The accident has created a large oil slick on the Yenisei river, which flows north to the Arctic.
The plant's dam, a towering structure that stretches more than half a mile across the Yenisei River, was not damaged.
 
 
 
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