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Penzhina
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Also known as Penzhina River

The Penzhina (; Koryak: Мыгыкивэем) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

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Within Vinony's link graph, Penzhina is referenced by 163 other articles, and connects out to Russia, Russian and river.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 4 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Drainage basins of the Sea of Okhotsk and Rivers of Kamchatka Krai.

Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.

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

Image
Пенжина выше Аянки.jpg
Length
713
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watershed area
73500
discharge
680
Commons category
Penzhina
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
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  • Flora and fauna
  • See also
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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

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