Penzhina
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The Penzhina (; Koryak: Мыгыкивэем) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Key facts
- River.name
- Penzhina
- River.other_name
- Пенжина / Мыгыкивэем
- River.image
- Река Пенжина, гора Шаман.jpg
- River.image_caption
- View of the Penzhina near its mouth
- River.source1_location
- Kolyma Mountains
- River.mouth
- Sea of Okhotsk
- River.mouth_location
- Penzhina Bay
- River.pushpin_map
- Russia Kamchatka Krai
- River.pushpin_map_caption
- Mouth location in Kamchatka Krai
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Russian Empire
- Located in
- Kamchatka Krai
- Continent
- Asia
- Image
- Пенжина выше Аянки.jpg
- Length
- 713
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- watershed area
- 73500
- mouth of the watercourse
- Penzhina Bay
- discharge
- 680
- tributary
- Oklan
- Commons category
- Penzhina
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Course
- Flora and fauna
- See also
- References
The Penzhina (; Koryak: Мыгыкивэем) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The name "Penzhina" originated the Chukchi word "Pennyn", meaning "place of attack". In Koryak it is known as "Wegykiveem" (Мыгыкивэем), meaning "stormy river".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penzhina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations