Kan (river)

This article is about the river in Russia. For the river in China, see Gan River. For the Kan or Panzara-Kan River of India, see Panzara River.

The Kan (Russian: Кан) river is a right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia. It is 629-kilometre (391 mi) long and drains a basin of 36,900 square kilometres (14,200 sq mi).^[1] Its valley forms the southern boundary of the Yenisey Range.^[2]

Kan
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Yenisey
• coordinates	56.512°N 93.791°E / 56.512; 93.791
Length	629 km (391 mi)
Basin size	36,900 km2 (14,200 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Yenisey→ Kara Sea

Course

The headwaters of the river rise in the Sayan Mountains and flow from there in a northerly direction through Kansk and then in a westerly direction through Zelenogorsk, entering Yenisei at Ust-Kan, 69 kilometres (43 mi) north-east of Krasnoyarsk.

Basin of the Yenisei

See also

• List of rivers of Russia