Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk (Russian: ???????????), administrative center of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, is the third largest city in Siberia. It lies on the Yenisei River and is an important station on the Trans-Siberian railway.

Geography

Geographical location of the city is {{coor dm|56|01|N|93|04|E|region:RU_type:city(911,700)}}. The total area of the city including suburbs and the river is 172 square kilometres (66 mile²). Average temperature of January is -20 °C (-4.0 °F), July is 18 °C (64 °F), minimum ever recorded temperature is -56 °C (-68.8 °F), maximum is 36 °C (96.8 °F). Due to the hydroelectric power station water reservoir located in 32 km (20 miles) upstream the river never freezes in winter and its temperature never exceeds 14 °C (57.2 °F) in summer. The Yenisei water level near the city center is 136 meters (446 ft) from the Sea level.

Related Topics:
Kilometre - Hydroelectric power station - Yenisei - Sea level

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The city is situated on the both banks of the Yenisei River, in the city area it flows from west to east. There are several isles on the river, the largest of which are Tatyshev and Otdyha used mainly for recreation purposes.

Related Topics:
Yenisei River - West - East - Tatyshev - Otdyha

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At south and west Krasnoyarsk is surrounded by the forest-covered hills with an average height of 410 meters (1345 ft) from the Yenisei River level. The hills located on the right (southern) bank of Yenisei are steeper than the western hills of the left (northern) bank.

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The right bank of Yenisei is notable for the gigantic rock cliffs of the national nature reserve Stolby raising from the surrounding hills. The western hills form the Gremyachinskaya Griva crest starting from the Nikolayevskaya Sopka hill notable for the ski-jumping tracks and extending westwards up to the Sobakina River. The relief of the northern part of the neighborhood is rather plain with forests to the north-west and agricultural fields to the north-east and east.

Related Topics:
Stolby - Gremyachinskaya Griva crest - Nikolayevskaya Sopka hill - Ski-jumping - Sobakina River

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The most prominent hills in the Krasnoyarsk area are:

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• Nikolayevskaya Sopka
• Karaulnaya Gora
• Chornaya Sopka
• Drokinskaya

The major rivers located in the Krasnoyarsk area are:

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• Mana
• Bazaiha
• Kacha
• Yesaulovka
• Beryozovka
• Karaulnaya
• Slizneva River
• Listvennaya River
• Zarechnaya Listvyanka
• Minzhul
• Sobakina (Pionerskaya)
• Krutenkaya
• Laletina

Due to the specifics of the relief there are few natural lakes exist in the Krasnoyarsk neighborhood.

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The nearby towns are (with distances from Krasnoyarsk and directions):

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• Sosnovoborsk (30 km NE)
• Divnogorsk (34 km W)
• Zheleznogorsk (46 km NE)
• Uyar (88 km E)
• Zelenogorsk (103 km E)
• Zaozyornyy (109 km E)
• Borodino (122 km E)
• Achinsk (153 km W)
• Nazarovo (158 km E)
• Kansk (173 km E)
• Artyomovsk (186 km S)
• Ilanskiy (195 km E)
• Uzhur (209 km W)
• Bogotol (213 km W)