The Yenisei River flows for 2,136 miles from its origin in Mongolia. One of the longest rivers in Asia, the Yenisei flows south to north into central Siberia, where it eventually empties into the icy Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean. The headwaters of the Yenesei famously flow through Lake Baikal, thought to be the world’s oldest freshwater lake. Over the millennia, many different peoples have relied upon the Yenisei for water, food (especially salmon and sturgeon), and transportation.

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