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Key facts
- Native name
- Абака́н ( Russian )
- Country
- Russia
- State
- Republic of Khakassia
- Cities
- Abaza , Abakan
- Source
- Bolshoy Abakan
- 2nd source
- Maly Abakan
- Mouth
- Yenisey
- Location
- Abakan
- Length
- 327 km (203 mi)
- Basin size
- 32,000 km (12,000 sq mi)
- Progression
- Yenisey → Kara Sea
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Russian Empire
- Located in
- Khakassia
- Continent
- Asia
- Elevation
- 243.6
- Image
- Bolshoy Abakan river.jpg
- Length
- 496
- Has use
- agricultural irrigation
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- native label
- Ағбан
- mouth of the watercourse
- Krasnoyarsk Reservoir
- Commons category
- Abakan River
- watershed area
- 27998.3
- discharge
- 381
- origin of the watercourse
- Altai Mountains
- basin country
- Russia
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Encyclopedic overview
The Abakan (Russian: Абака́н; Khakas: Ағбан, Ağban), (from the Khakas word for "bear's blood") is a river in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Yenisey. The river is used for log driving and irrigation. The city of Abakan is located at the confluence of the Abakan and the Yenisey.
Course
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