Tenka (river)

The Tenka (Тенька), also known as Tenke, is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. It is a right tributary of the Kolyma, with a length of 136 km a drainage basin of 4570 km2. The river flows across the Tenkinsky District, which is named after it.

Course
The Tenka flows through the Upper Kolyma Highlands. It heads first roughly northwards, then when it is joined by the Omchak from the left it flows southeastwards, passing near Transportny. Further downstream it bends again and flows northwards until its mouth. Formerly the river joined the right bank of the Kolyma 1985 km from its mouth, but nowadays its mouth is in the Kolyma Reservoir at an elevation of 448 m.

The main tributaries of the Tenka are the 24 km long Budyonny (Будённого) from the right; and the 57 km long Omchak and 84 km long Nilkoba joining it from the left.