Yenisei
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing N from the Sayan Mountains to the Kara Sea. 2,566 miles (4,080 km) long.
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How to use Yenisei in a sentence
Though fed by numerous streams, it has only one outlet, the Angara, a tributary of the Yenisei.
Some Heroes of Travel | W. H. Davenport AdamsThe spirit of enterprise which pursued the course of the Oby and Yenisei must have led to the discovery of the icy sea.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonA second generation would be impossible, and this would also be the case with Levana in the middle of Yenisei.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2) | August WeismannIf they could once reach the mouth of the Yenisei, they could always procure the necessary fuel.
The Waif of the "Cynthia" | Andr Laurie and Jules VerneBut Gavronsky suddenly went out to the 'Taiga' on the Yenisei and disappeared.
Beasts, Men and Gods | Ferdinand Ossendowski
British Dictionary definitions for Yenisei
Yenisey
/ (ˌjɛnɪˈseɪ, Russian jɪniˈsjej) /
a river in central Russia, in central Siberia, formed by the confluence of two headstreams in the Tuva Republic: flows west and north to the Arctic Ocean; the largest river in volume in Russia. Length: 4129 km (2566 miles)
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