Podkamennaya Tunguska - a small pearl in a beautiful necklace of Siberia

In 1931, the Tungus, living on the vastterritory of Eastern Siberia, have officially become known as Evenks. But the fact that along the Yenisei from the shores of the Arctic Ocean to the borders with China for centuries lived the Tungus, explains the fact that only the rivers called Tunguska exist seven.

Amazing popularity of the name "Tunguska"

And there are four rivers, in whose namethere is a characterizing adjective - Podkamennaya Tunguska, Upper and two Lower, one of which is the old name of the Angara. In the southern part of the Central Siberian plateau there is a natural region called Tunguska.

The same name is carried by an antiaircraft cannon-rocketcomplex. The airport of Krasnoyarsk is known under the name "Podkamennaya Tunguska" It is impossible to ignore the Tunguska meteorite and the "Brazilian Tunguska", the heavenly body that fell in this country of South America, and so named because of its similarity with its Siberian brother. Tunguska is a very popular name, even in the series "X-Files".

Some geographical data

The right tributary of the Yenisei is called PodkamennayaTunguska, as well as the Middle Tunguska, Chulkan and Katanga. The basin area is estimated at 240,000 square kilometers, the length reaches 1,865 km. Its source is located on the Upper Tungus Upland, and the Central Siberian plateau with the natural area of ​​Tunguska, this river crosses from the Angara Ridge in the south to the Yenisei in the west. In 1908, 80 kilometers north of the village of Vanavara, a meteorite fell. It was, of course, called Tunguska, because around this name bore everything - the district, the river, the population. Podkamennaya Tunguska is navigable for 1,146 km, despite numerous rapids and rapids. Some thresholds have even personal names.

Beauty, awarded personal names

Thus, the most significant of them are calledLarge, Flour, as well as the Polyguz and Velma rapids. The river itself and its banks are so beautiful that there is a list of locations, the names of which are very eloquent. Here there are the Beach of the High Grass and the Dark Waters, the Eldorado Fish and the Taiga Summer, as well as the Fir Island and the Tunguska expanse, the Quiet Channel and the Rocky Shoal. Still there is the Rocky Mountain and Transparent Waters. Not every river can boast of this. The melting of the river is mainly helped by melting snow, although summer and autumn rains also contribute to high floods (there are from one to four per year), in some years there are floods. The river freezes from October to May, which, as a rule, always floods. Ice drifts take a decent time - 18 days in autumn and 9 in the spring. This is scary because of the power of the river, and beautiful. "The night is light-bright in the district, as if in the sky floating - across the wide blue blades - silvery broken ice!"

Originality of the river

Podkamennaya Tunguska is very diverse. In the upper reaches it has a fairly wide and deep valley, then, cutting through the outcrops of rocks (they are called trapps), the river forms narrow gorges. Trapps, for centuries blown by winds, carrying away particles of rocks, form characteristic columns (location Red shore). In some places, the current reaches a speed of 3-4 centimeters per second. As the rivers of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the described water stream has tributaries. The right are Teter, Chula and Plague. On the left are Como and Velmo.

The wealth of Podkamennoy Tunguska is not inferior to beauty

About fishing on this river can be judged by the nameone of the locations - Fish Eldorado. There are often competitions in fishing, because in this river there are more than 30 species of finheaded river inhabitants. All are not listed, but this river in Siberia is famous for grayling, legendary in size pike, burbot and crucian, tugun and lenca, dace and minnow. There are lots of yaz and ruff in huge quantities, and tributaries are full of lenok and grayling. Since the ice sheet on the waterways of Siberia is famous for its fortress, and its length is long due to frosts, local residents are actively engaged in ice fishing, and since the burbot accumulates under the winter cover, it forms the basis of the fish table. The river Podkamennaya Tunguska is generally famous for the amount of burbot in its waters both in winter and in summer.

Tourist perspectives

Fishing in Siberia deserves separate words andpraise, and not necessarily foreign, such as "Eldorado" and "safari". But, maybe, they will attract lovers of comfortable fishing, because there are a lot of places for wild recreation here. "On the Podkamennaya Tunguska, ice scours the coasts - cuts the fir trees, cuts the fir trees, climbs on the meadows!" About this river, as well as in general about the nature of Siberia, an infinite number of poems and songs are composed. All of them are good, and they do not embellish reality with any word, because there are not enough words to describe even a part of the beauty and greatness of Siberia.

Every year wishing to see this theireyes become more and more. And, of course, because of its popularity is popular Podkamennaya Tunguska. A map showing how far from the airport of the same name this beautiful river is located is attached. It is necessary to note the attractiveness of the river for active tourist rest - rafting along the river on kayaks and rafts. There are several places on the river, and the total length of the waterway suitable for this sport is 550 km. The alloy is designed for 16 days, the complexity category is 3rd. The best place on the river for these purposes is the lower reaches. You can stop in the village of Baikita, where there is a bakery and a shop. A section of the river 120 km between this village and the next, Polygus, is the most picturesque place on the entire Podkamennaya Tunguska.

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