Lena River

Lena (Russian: Лена, IPA: [l ʲ enə] Saja: Өлүөнэ, Ölüöne) is the easternmost of the three great rivers of Siberia flowing into the Arctic Ocean (the others being the river Ob and Yenisei River). He is the longest river in the world 11 º and the basin of the ninth. It is the largest Russian River with its basin entirely within national boundaries.

Course

Rising to a height of 1640 meters (5381 feet), the source of the Baikal Mountains south of the Central Siberian Plateau, 7 km (4 million), west of Lake Baikal, Lena flows northeast, which have Kirenga adhered to the river and the river Vitim Olyokma River. From Yakutsk it enters the plains and flows north until it came to the right of the rich river Aldan. Verkhoyansk Range deflects the north-west, then after the main tributary of the left, Vilyuy the river makes its way nearly due north to the Laptev Sea, a division of the Arctic Ocean, draining south-west of the New Siberian Islands Lena Delta - 30,000 square miles (11,583 km ²) area, and went into seven main branches, the most important of which are Bykov, farther from the Middle East.

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