❤️ Yam 😭

"Yam or YAM may refer to: Plants and foods *Yam (vegetable), common name for members of Dioscorea *Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North America *Yam, a salad in Thai cuisine *Oxalis tuberosa, referred to as yams in New Zealand and Polynesia *Pachyrhizus erosus, called jícama, Mexican yam bean, or Mexican turnip, a tuberous root Geography *Yam, see Tavastians, old Russian and Ukrainian name for Häme, the tribe of western Finns *Piyam, known also as Yam, a village in Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Yam, North Khorasan, a village in Faruj County, North Khorasan Province, Iran *Yam, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Yam, Tehran, a village in Pishva County, Tehran Province, Iran *Yam Rural District, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Yam, California, a former settlement in Merced County *Yam Island (Queensland), an island in the Torres Strait *Sault Ste. Marie Airport, from its IATA airport code Names *Ren (surname), spelled Yam or Yum in Cantonese Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor * Lindile Yam (born 1960), Chief of the South African Army and lieutenant general * Yam Madar (born 2000), Israeli professional basketball player * Yam, son of Noah, son of Noah in Islamic tradition, who died by drowning in the flood *Yam Kaspers Anshel, Israeli woman who took part in Miss universe Other uses *Yam (god), a Levantine deity not to be confused with Yama, a Hindu God *Yam (route), a former Russian message delivery service introduced by the Mongol Empire *YAM (Yet Another Mailer), a MIME-compliant e-mail client written for AmigaOS based computers *Yellowstone Art Museum *New Yam Festival of the Igbo *Yam languages, a family of Papuan languages *Banu Yam, an Arabian tribe See also * Yam yam (disambiguation) * Yama (disambiguation) "

❤️ Angara 😭

"The Angara (Buryat and , Angar, "Cleft"; , Angará) is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisey. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . It was formerly known as the Lower or Nizhnyaya Angara (distinguishing it from the Upper Angara). Below its junction with the Ilim, it was formerly known as the Upper Tunguska (, Verkhnyaya Tunguska, distinguishing it from the Lower Tunguska)ВЕРХНЯЯ ТУНГУСКА (Verkhnyaya Tunguska, in the dictionary of Russia's place names).Tunguska, in Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and, with the names reversed, as the Lower Tunguska.See, e.g., the 1773 Kitchen map above. Leaving Lake Baikal near the settlement of Listvyanka, the Angara flows north past the Irkutsk Oblast cities of Irkutsk, Angarsk, Bratsk, and Ust-Ilimsk. It then turns west, enters the Krasnoyarsk Krai, and joins the Yenisey near Strelka, south-east of Lesosibirsk. Dams and reservoirs Bratsk Dam Four dams of major hydroelectric plants - constructed since the 1950s - exploit the waters of the Angara: * Irkutsk Dam, forming the Irkutsk Reservoir, which floods the valley of the river from its source to Irkutsk, and slightly raises the water level in Lake Baikal * Bratsk Dam, forming the Bratsk Reservoir * Ust-Ilimsk Dam, at Ust-Ilimsk, forming the Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir * Boguchany Dam, at Kodinsk The reservoirs of these dams flooded a number of villages along the Angara and its tributaries (including the historic fort of Ilimsk on the Ilim), as well as numerous agricultural areas in the river valley. Due to its effects on the way of life of the rural residents of the Angara valley, dam construction was criticized by a number of Soviet intellectuals, in particular by the Irkutsk writer Valentin Rasputin - both in his novel Farewell to Matyora (1976) and in his non-fiction book Siberia, Siberia (1991). Navigation The Angara at Talzy, near Lake Baikal The Angara is navigable by modern watercraft on several isolated sections:Angara River, southeast- central RussiaЕнисейское пароходство: Ангара – судоходство и грузоперевозки (Yenisey Shipping Company: Angara — navigation and cargo shipping) Особенности движения и стоянки судов по внутренним водным путям Восточно-Сибирского бассейна (Special navigation rules for the internal waterways of the Eastern Siberia Basin) * from Lake Baikal to Irkutsk * from Irkutsk to Bratsk * on the Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir * from the Boguchany Dam (Kodinsk) to the river's fall into the Yenisey. The section between the Ust-Ilimsk Dam and the Boguchany Dam has not been navigable due to rapids. However, with the completion of the Boguchany Dam, and filling of its reservoir, at least part of this section of the river will become navigable as well. Nonetheless, this will not enable through navigation from Lake Baikal to the Yenisey, as none of the existing three dams has been provided with a ship lock or a boat lift, nor will the Boguchany Dam have one. The historical significance of the Angara and the Ilim as water routes is attested by a chain of villages along them (many of which, as well as the town of Ilimsk, were flooded by modern dams) on this map from 1773. Note that the lower course of the Angara is labeled as Nizhnyaya Tunguska – the name which is currently applied to another river Despite the absence of a continuous navigable waterway, the Angara and its tributary the Ilim were of considerable importance for Russian colonization of Siberia since ca. 1630, when they (and the necessary portages) formed important water routes connecting the Yenisey with Lake Baikal and the Lena. The river lost its transportation significance after the construction of an overland route between Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk and, later, the Trans-Siberian Railway. Tributaries The largest tributaries of the Angara are, from source to mouth:Ангара, Great Soviet Encyclopedia * Irkut (left) * Kitoy (left) * Belaya (left) * Oka (left) * Iya (left) * Ilim (right) * Kova (left) * Koda (right) * Chadobets (right) * Mura (left) * Irkeneyeva (right) * Taseyeva (left) See also *List of rivers of Russia * Yenisey Range References Citations Bibliography * . External links *Angara River, southeast-central Russia *Angara River *Angara River photo *Map of region showing mouth of Angara River *Map book of region showing mouth of Angara River *Photo of river and dam Rivers of Irkutsk Oblast Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai Articles containing video clips "

❤️ Yenisey 😭

"The Yenisey (, Yeniséy; , Yenisei mörön; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, Gorlog müren; Tyvan: Улуг-Хем, Uluğ-Hem; Khakas: Ким суғ, Kim suğ),A.Ochir. "History of the Mongol Oirats" 1993 also romanised as Yenisei, Enisei, or Jenisej, is the fifth-longest river system in the world, and the largest to drain into the Arctic Ocean. Rising in Mungaragiyn-gol in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course before draining into the Yenisey Gulf in the Kara Sea. The Yenisey divides the Western Siberian Plain in the west from the Central Siberian Plateau to the east; it drains a large part of central Siberia. It is the central one of three large Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Ob and the Lena). The maximum depth of the Yenisey is and the average depth is . The depth of river outflow is and inflow is . Geography Map including the Yenisey River The confluence of the rivers Kaa-Khem and Piy-Khem from the height of bird flight The Yenisey proper, from the confluence of its source rivers Great Yenisey and Little Yenisey at Kyzyl to its mouth in the Kara Sea, is long. From the source of its tributary Selenga, it is long.Енисей, Great Soviet Encyclopedia It has a drainage basin of . The Yenisey flows through the Russian federal subjects Tuva, Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk Krai. The city of Krasnoyarsk is situated on the Yenisey. Tributaries The largest tributaries of the Yenisey are, from source to mouth: * Little Yenisey (left) * Great Yenisey (right) * Khemchik (left) * Kantegir (left) * Abakan (left) * Tuba (right) * Mana (right) * Bazaikha (right) * Kacha (left) * Kan (right) * Angara (right) * Kem (left) * Bolshoy Pit (right) * Sym (left) * Dubches (left) * Podkamennaya Tunguska (right) * Bakhta (right) * Yeloguy (left) * Nizhnyaya Tunguska (right) * Turukhan (left) * Kureyka (right) * Khantayka (right) * Bolshaya Kheta (left) * Tanama (left) Lake Baikal The , partly navigable Upper Angara River feeds into the northern end of Lake Baikal from the Buryat Republic but the largest inflow is from the Selenga which forms a delta on the southeastern side. The river as seen from the trans-Siberian railway near Krasnoyarsk Flora and fauna The Yenisey basin (excluding Lake Baikal and lakes of the Khantayka headwaters) is home to 55 native fish species, including two endemics: Gobio sibiricus (a gobionine cyprinid) and ' (a grayling).Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (2008). Yenisei. Retrieved 16 July 2014. The grayling is restricted to Khövsgöl Nuur and its tributaries. Most fish found in the Yenisey basin are relatively widespread Euro-Siberian or Siberian species, such as northern pike (Esox lucius), common roach (Rutilus rutilus), common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus), Siberian sculpin (Cottus poecilopus), European perch (Perca fluviatilis) and Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio). The basin is also home to many salmonids (trout, whitefish, charr, graylings, taimen and relatives) and the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii). The Yenisey valley is habitat for numerous flora and fauna, with Siberian pine and Siberian larch being notable tree species. In prehistoric times Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, was abundant in the Yenisey valley circa 6000 BC.Stein, Ruediger et al. 2003. Siberian river run-off in the Kara Sea, Proceedings in Marine Sciences, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 488 pages There are also numerous bird species present in the watershed, including, for example, the hooded crow, Corvus cornix.C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Hooded Crow: Corvus cornix, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed, N. Stromberg Taimyr reindeer herd The Taimyr reindeer herd, a migrating tundra reindeer (R.t. sibiricus), the largest reindeer herd in the world, migrated to winter grazing ranges along the Yenisey. Navigation Inclined plane at Krasnoyarsk Dam River steamers first came to the Yenesei River in 1864 and were brought in from Holland and England across the icy Kara Sea. One was the SS Nikolai. The SS Thames attempted to explore the river, overwintered in 1876, but was damaged in the ice and eventually wrecked in the river. Success came with the steamers Frazer, Express in 1878, and the next year, Moscow hauling supplies in and wheat out. The Dalman reached Yeneisisk in 1881. Imperial Russia placed river steamers on the massive river in an attempt to free up communication with land-locked Siberia. One boat was the SS St. Nicholas which took the future Tsar Nicholas II on his voyage to Siberia, and later conveyed Vladimir Lenin to prison. Engineers attempted to place river steamers on regular service on the river during the building of the Trans- Siberian Railway. The boats were needed to bring in the rails, engines and supplies. Captain Joseph Wiggins sailed the Orestes with rail and parted out river steamers in 1893. However, the sea and river route proved very difficult with several ships lost at sea and on the river. Both the Ob and Yenisey mouths feed into very long inlets, several hundred kilometres in length, which are shallow, ice bound and prone to high winds and thus treacherous for navigation. After the completion of the railway, river traffic reduced only to local service as the Arctic route and long river proved much too indirect a route. The first recreation team to navigate the Yenisey's entire length, including its violent upper tributary in Mongolia, was an Australian-Canadian effort completed in September 2001. Ben Kozel, Tim Cope, Colin Angus and Remy Quinter were on this team. Both Kozel and Angus wrote books detailing this expedition,Five Months in a Leaky Boat: A River Journey Through Siberia, Kozel, 2003, Pan Macmillan and a documentary was produced for National Geographic Television. A canal inclined plane was built on the river in 1985 at the Krasnoyarsk Dam. History Nomadic tribes such as the Ket people and the Yugh people have lived along the banks of the Yenisey since ancient times, and this region is the location of the Yeniseian language family. The Ket, numbering about 1000, are the only survivors today of those who originally lived throughout central southern Siberia near the river banks. Their extinct relatives included the Kotts, Assans, Arins, Baikots and Pumpokols who lived further upriver to the south. The modern Ket lived in the eastern middle areas of the river before being assimilated politically into Russia during the 17th through 19th centuries. Some of the earliest known evidence of Turkic origins was found in the Yenisey Valley in the form of stelae, stone monoliths and memorial tablets dating from between the 7th and 9th centuries AD, along with some documents that were found in China's Xinjiang region. The written evidence gathered from these sources tells of battles fought between the Turks and the Chinese and other legends. There are also examples of Uyghur poetry, though most have survived only in Chinese translation. Wheat from the Yenisey was sold by Muslims and Uighurs during inadequate harvests to Bukhara and Soghd during the Tahirid era. Russians first reached the upper Yenisey in 1605, travelling from the Ob, up the Ket, portaging and then down the Yenisey as far as the Sym. During World War II, Nazi Germany and the Japanese Empire agreed to divide Asia along a line that followed the Yenisey to the border of China and then along the border of China and the Soviet Union.Weinberg, Gerhard L. Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders Cambridge, England, United Kingdom:2005--Cambridge University Press Pollution Studies have shown that the Yenisey suffers from contamination caused by radioactive discharges from a factory that produced bomb-grade plutonium in the secret city of Krasnoyarsk-26, now known as Zheleznogorsk. Gallery Image:Most 777, the bridge over the Yenisei in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, view from the left bank.jpg The bridge over the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, viewed from the left bank. Image:Vantovyjj most, the bridge in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, view from the left bank.jpgVinogradovsky most, the bridge in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, viewed from the left bank File:Yenisei Ob Kara Sea.jpgThe Yenisey (left) and the Ob flow into Kara Sea. See also * List of rivers of Russia * Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam * Yenisey Range References External links Photos of river around Krasnoyarsk area at Boston.com *William Barr, 'German paddle-steamers on the Yenisey 1878-84', The Journal of the Hakluyt Society, August 2014. * Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai Rivers of Khakassia Rivers of Tuva Rivers of Kyzyl Physiographic provinces "