Khatanga (river)



The Khatanga (Хатанга) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. The river is navigable. The river port of Khatanga is located on the river.

Course
It begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta. The Khatanga is 227 km long (1636 km including its headwater Kotuy); the area of its basin is 364000 km2. It flows into the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea, forming an estuary. There are more than 112,000 lakes, with a total surface area of 11600 km2, in the basin of the river.

The Khatanga freezes up in late September–early October and breaks up in early June. Its main tributaries are the Nizhnyaya, Bludnaya, Popigay, Novaya, and Malaya Balakhnya.

Fauna
The Khatanga teems with different kinds of fish, including ryapushka, omul, muksun, white salmon, taimen, loach, among others.

History
Russian fur traders first reached the Khatanga about 1611.