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One of the world's longest river, Lena River flows in the Siberian region of Russia to the Arctic Ocean. ... The drainage basin of the Lena River covers a very large part of around 2,500,000 square km. The Lena River delta is the largest arctic delta of the world which covers about 32,000 square km.6 days ago
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1) Lena River is the eleventh longest river of the world which flows in the region of Siberia, Russia and it’s the easternmost river among the three rivers of Siberia.
2) The name “Lena” derived from the word “Elyu-Ene” which means the “the larger river” which comes from the Evenks, the people of Northern Asia.
3) With an average annual water discharge of 588 cubic km per year, Lena River is the second largest of the Arctic Rivers after Yenisei River in Russia.
4) Lena starts from the elevation 1640 m in the Baikal Mountains towards the south of the central Siberian Plateau which is 7 km west from Lake Baikal.
5) Lena River flows north-east and is joined by Kirenga, Vitim, Oloyokma River and from Yakutsk, the river enters lowland and flows through Aldan River.
6) From there, Lena River bends westwards and flows alongside Verkhoyansk Range and makes its way close to the Laptev Sea, a division in Arctic Ocean.
7) Lena River Delta is the largest arctic delta in the world, with an area of 32,000 square km and numerous lands are protected as reserves like Nature Reserve, The Lena Pillars etc.
8) In 1623, Russian hunters under the leadership of ‘Demid Pyanda’ explored a 2400 km stretch of the Lena River from its upper shores to the Central Yakutia.
9) In the region where the Lena River flows, a wide variety of crops such as cucumber, potatoes, wheat, barley etc are commercially cultivated by the farmers.
10) The area nearby the Lena River is rich with minerals and includes precious metals such as gold and diamond; iron ore, coal and natural gas are also found in the region.