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Where is the source of the Tunguska River. Turukhansk. Lower Tunguska. polar sun. Fishing and hunting on the Nizhnyaya Tunguska river

Many exotic countries and regions of the planet attract the attention of wandering people. But truly unexplored lands still lie within the borders of our country.

The idea of ​​this expedition arose while looking at the geographical map of the vast expanses of Siberia. As well as many other expeditions conducted earlier. This time, the vast territory of the Central Siberian Plateau, lying between the two great Siberian rivers - the Lena and the Yenisei, seemed attractive. In an area capable of accommodating some not at all small European states, there are practically no roads, and the population density is perhaps the lowest on the planet. But the whole of Central Siberia is covered with a dense network of rivers. This led to the decision to cross the plateau, using this advantage. The path along the Lower Tunguska looks especially logical. In fairness, it should be said that our ancestors - Russian explorers used rivers to develop new lands. And just the same, along the Lower Tunguska, the explorer Pyanda and his team first came to the Lena, moving upstream from the Yenisei.

In my case, moving upstream did not make any sense. And it made sense to move downstream from the Lena to the Yenisei. Therefore, in the summer of 1997, the author of this story took the Moscow-Lena train to the railway. station Lena of the city of Ust-Kut, located on the banks of this Siberian river, bearing a female name. By the way, the name comes from the Evenki word - Elyuene, which means Big River. The Russians have already changed it in their own way.

Then I had to use river transport to get from the Osetrovo pier in Ust-Kut to Kirensk, a small town located at the confluence of the Kirenga with the Lena. Here the pier is on the right bank, and the city on the left. So you need to take a ferry. There is a road from Kirensk to Nizhnyaya Tunguska, but it is very bad and is not served by any regular transport. Only a rare ride can help out. I was lucky even on the right bank, i.e. a car was discovered going just to Podvoloshino - a village located on the banks of the Lower Tunguska, from where it was supposed to start the journey along the treasured river.

Perhaps it is worth introducing this river a little. As soon as people hear its name, the question of the Tunguska meteorite immediately arises. They are disappointed. The place where the meteorite fell (or something else) is located not far from Podkamennaya Tunguska. We are talking about the Lower Tunguska. And this is a completely different river, although it is also the right tributary of the Yenisei, but is located north of its sister. The length of the Lower Tunguska is about three thousand kilometers, and in its upper reaches it comes very close to the channel of the Lena. But a small hill does not allow you to connect with this great river. In the Kirensk region, the distance between the rivers is only about thirty kilometers. Further, the Tunguska only moves away from the Lena, flows first to the north, then to the northwest-west, and as a result, having overcome a huge distance, having collected water from numerous tributaries, it flows into the Yenisei where the city of Turukhansk stands. A little downstream from Kirensk on the banks of the Lena is the village of Chechuysk, from where in the old days it was carried to the village of Podvoloshino, to the Lower Tunguska. It was called the Chechuy portage. And now there is a road, but very bad. By the way, the Lower Tunguska is nothing but the prototype of the Gloomy River. It is these places that are described in the famous novel by Shishkov. This novel was later filmed.

So, on June 11, in the evening, we managed to get to the bank of the distant Gloomy River. And on June 12, a light (15 kg.) frame-inflatable kayak was assembled. The combination of one and two is a good date for beginnings. This day turned out to be the beginning of a long journey along the wild taiga river. Probably, the question arises: why one? Yes, just all potential satellites for various good reasons could not participate. But this did not seem like a good enough reason to stay at home for the initiator himself.

It is difficult to describe those strong sensations and experiences that arose in the first days of the journey. Behind the back are the usual attributes of civilization, its comfort. And ahead is the unknown, the boundless taiga and the river going to infinity. The main thing, it turned out, was to overcome a certain internal psychological threshold, beyond which a different, but still full-fledged life was discovered. After some time, I managed to get into the role of a wandering hermit so much that even meetings with people began to seem unnecessary.

In the Far East of Russia, among its many rivers, stretching across the endless expanses rich in natural gifts, there is an amazingly clean and beautiful Tunguska River. Is she left

It is along it that the border between the Khabarovsk Territory and the Jewish Autonomous Region passes, respectively located on the left and right banks.

General information

There is in these amazingly beautiful regions Podkamennaya Tunguska - the river, which is one of the small pearls in the beautiful necklace of numerous natural attractions of Siberia.

The Tungus, who have lived for a long time in the vast territory of Eastern Siberia, in 1931 began to be called Evenks. And the fact that the Tungus lived for centuries along the banks of the Yenisei from the Arctic Ocean to the border with China is proved by the fact that there are many rivers with the name Tunguska. There are seven in total.

And there are 4 more rivers, in the name of which there are adjectives characterizing them: r. Podkamennaya Tunguska, the Upper Tunguska River and two Lower Rivers (one of them represents the old name of the Angara River). There is also a natural region in the southern zone called Tunguska. also bears the same name - "Stone Tunguska". The name "Tunguska" is quite popular.

River characteristics

The length of the river is 86 kilometers, the basin area is 30.2 thousand square kilometers. The average daily water consumption is 408 m³. The banks are very swampy, and therefore the access to the river is very difficult.

Freezing occurs here from November to April.

Source and mouth of the river

Tunguska, flowing through the Lower Amur lowland, is formed by the confluence of 2 rivers: Kur and Urmi. From the sources of the Urmi River, the length of the Tunguska is 544 kilometers, and from the sources of the Kur River - 434 kilometers.

A rather extensive floodplain is formed by the river, on which there are about 2 thousand lakes, making up a total area of ​​​​about 80 square meters. kilometers.

Nutrition

And Urmi bring the bulk of the water to the Tunguska. It is predominantly rain fed. Within the limits of the river catchment in winter, not much precipitation usually falls and the spring flood is insignificant.

Most of the floods occur during the summer monsoons. At 37 kilometers from the mouth, the largest water consumption is 5100 m³ per day, the smallest is 7.3 m³ per day, and the average annual water consumption is 380 cubic meters. m. per day.

Nizhnyaya Tunguska River

River width Lower Tunguska near the village of Tura reaches 390 meters. The Kochechum River, when it flows into it, is divided into two branches with a width of 340 and 380 meters, respectively. A large island appeared between them. Just below the confluence of these two rivers, the width of the Lower Tunguska reaches 520 meters.

This river is very rich in fish. In total, about two dozen species are found here. The most numerous of them are taimen, perch, whitefish, grayling, peled, pike and roach. The fish here are very large, for example, you can catch a pike weighing about 12 kilograms and a taimen - more than 10 kilograms.

The nature of the river

Tunguska (river) is a fast, powerful and full-flowing body of water. Its sandy-gravel cliffs alternate with rocky shores. The bottom of the river is rocky, covered with coarse-grained sand and gravel. The water in it and in its tributaries is clear with a gray-greenish tint.

The thickness of the ice in January reaches one meter, and freeze-up begins in early October. During the ice drift, which begins in May, huge jams from blocks of ice appear on the river, in connection with which the floodplain and the territory of some villages are flooded.

The tributary of the Lower Tunguska is a river with a very interesting and cute name Eika. There are several more tributaries with no less interesting names: Nepa, Severnaya, Ilimpeya, Teteya, Uchami, Vivi and many others. others

Tura and its inhabitants

The dense forests of the northern taiga surround the village called Tura. Roads lead to it, accessible only to vehicles with increased traffic. From other cities and regions, you can only get here by helicopter or by plane from Krasnoyarsk and some cities of the region. You can also get to the village by motorboat and boat from the Yenisei, having risen through the water to the Lower Tunguska.

Tura is the capital of Evenkia. Tourists heading north often stop here, where the Putora Plateau, which is of interest to everyone, is located, as well as the place where the famous Tunguska meteorite fell.

Tunguska is a river that was chosen by numerous rafting tourists. The best period for such an extreme type of recreation here is the month of August. Moreover, all travelers are happy to go fishing along the way, which in these places is a great pleasure.

Life in the village of Tura largely depends on the nearby rivers. The Lower Tunguska is a conduit for many cargoes for residents of local coastal villages and towns. Also, residents of the settlements of the region move along the river.
The most popular activity among the inhabitants of Tura is fishing and picking berries in the summer. They prepare fish both for themselves and for sale.

There are no industrial enterprises near the banks of the river, which, as a rule, discharge industrial effluents, which explains the presence of a huge amount of fish in the river, and large ones.

Economic importance

The Tunguska is a river that is navigable along almost its entire length. Large volumes of timber were rafted through its waters until the 1990s.

There are no road bridges across Tunguska, but there is a railway bridge along the Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Volochaevka-2 line.

Tunguska, as noted above, is very rich in fish. In autumn, the chum salmon goes there to spawn.

Conclusion

Not only the waters of the river are rich in living creatures, but the vegetation along the banks is also no less diverse and magnificent. Along the entire length of the river, the banks were overgrown with untrodden dense forests of coniferous trees. Pine, larch, spruce and Siberian cedars grow here. You can also meet alder with birch, as well as mountain ash with bird cherry. The regions are also rich in a variety of delicious and healthy berries: black and red currants, lingonberries, cranberries, cloudberries and blueberries.

In conclusion, I would like to note that it is the Lower Tunguska that is called the famous Gloomy River: this is how it was called by the writer in his famous novel of the same name.

After parting with new friends, he again went to the public option of movement. Without any problems, I took a ticket for the Korshunikha electric train - Ust-Kut, which is about a four-hour drive away. It is interesting that the city is called Ust-Kut, the railway station is called Lena, and the pier on the Lena River is called Osetrovo.

City of Ust-Kut: Osetrovo river port. This is how one of the greatest rivers of the Earth looks like - the Lena River - in its upper reaches

From here, you can get to Kirensk along the Lena River on the Zarya or faster motor ships, hydrofoils, Polissya, or private cars. In the morning it turned out that the Zarya had broken down. Some of the passengers, cursing and overloading, managed to squeeze into the Polesie, while the rest, about 20-30 people, were offered “live a little, just three or four days” and wait until the Zarya is repaired. Today is Friday, and the next ship will go on schedule only on Monday. We managed to negotiate with a private trader in a Niva car - and after 12 hours of driving with getting stuck in mud pits, a car breakdown, having overcome more than 250 km, we reached Kirensk, already located on the banks of the Lena River. Again, the question arose: where to sleep and how to eat? The driver who drove us helped with accommodation. I arranged for a familiar watchman in the supply room, where there was even an electric stove. I cooked dinner and, tired after a hard day with a lot of hassle, fell asleep almost immediately.

Lena River near Kirensk



From detailed inquiries and conversations with the locals, I found out that I needed to cross to the left bank of the Lena River and further, having crossed the ridge, which can be seen in the Northeast, to get to the abandoned village of Verkhnekarelina, already standing on the Lower Tunguska. "It's fifty versts and a hook" . Knowing what they are, these taiga versts, and even “with a hook,” he expected to be at the water of the Lower Tunguska in a week. I crossed without any problems by ferry from the right to the left bank of the Lena River. I went along a country road to the hills visible in the distance. It started to rain. The UAZ caught up with me, the guys stopped - they offered me a lift. I traveled 5-6 km, which saved me 1.5-2 hours of walking with a heavy backpack. The guys turned to the mowing, and I, once again specifying the route of movement and orienting myself on the map, went further.

An hour later, a motorcyclist with a sidecar caught up with me. He waved his hand and the man stopped. Upon learning that I was going to the Lower Tunguska, he said without further ado: "Get in, - to the fork in our path." The uncle drove 7-8 km and landed at the turn of the road, going up to the hills through the ridge. In this way, I have already traveled 15-20 km - and the Siberians saved me one and a half to two days of walking under a heavy load. As soon as I settled down to have a bite, a UAZ-loaf rolled onto the primer going up to the pass. It was a car transporting oil and gas pipe-layers. I read about it in the press and saw it on TV, and at the insistence of scientists, ecologists and Siberians, V.V. Putin moved the thread around Baikal.

Oil and gas pipe laying team

There was already a shift in the car, seven people, but I was warmly received and they began to ask who I was, where I was from and where I was going. He told about the campaign to the sources of the Podkamennaya Tunguska, about the plans for reconnaissance of the upper reaches of the Lower Tunguska and that in the future I was thinking of sailing along the "Gloomy River". The men in uniforms even remembered the film of the same name and the difficulties that the main character, Proshka Gromov, had when rafting along it. We drove 12-15 km - and the UAZ stopped "at the crossroads." Further to their place of work could only be reached by all-terrain vehicle or "Ural". I began to say goodbye to the pipelayers who had brought me up. But they didn't let me leave. "Wait, now the shift will come - they will give you a lift." After 15-20 minutes, the mighty Ural-Watch came out of the taiga covered in mud. A brigade of men came out of it, and my fellow travelers went to work, after asking their own people to give me a lift to the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River. "What problems, let's go," - after the shift, a team of men made a twenty-five-kilometer detour for me - just to help a complete stranger to them! This is how it is, Siberia and those who live and work here! Yes, there is no other way. Or maybe this is the very mysterious Russian soul, or "Peculiarities of national travel" in Russia?! Half an hour later, a strip of clear water appeared ahead. Here it is, the Lower Tunguska - hello, "Gloomy River"!

Hello, Gloomy River!


Verkhnekarelina village (non-residential) on the Nizhnyaya Tunguska river

The opening view was not at all gloomy, but bright and joyful, with a field on which the tractor "Belarus" was swarming, mowing the grass, a coniferous forest mixed with birch and linden, with a blue ribbon of a taiga river. Since I was so lucky with passing transport and managed to save at least five days, I decide to go up the river for reconnaissance. Having found a beautiful clearing where in the future it is possible to place a slipway and build a catamaran, I stopped for a day. It will be possible to start the rafting from here, as there is already quite enough water here, above the knees, to raise the catamaran. Although I suppose that there will still be shallows, and rifts, and creases from logs brought by the flood. But this is another song and another season - the season of rafting along one of the prototypes of the "Gloomy River" - the Lower Tunguska (see "Summer-2008"), the length of which is 2.989 km (Great Soviet Encyclopedia).

After Dnevka went on his way back. The time was drawing near for dinner. Clouds began to slowly gather in the sky. Apparently, a thunderstorm will soon cover me - which means that I will either have to stay for the night, or stay without dinner. I had almost reached the “pipe-laying crossroads” when a white Niva caught up with me. The car stopped, there were two men in it - and they offered to take me to Kirensk. (As it turned out much later, this was the chief engineer of the gas pipeline section under construction and his driver). One and a half to two hours of talking and asking questions flew by unnoticed, and I, “like an important person”, drove the remaining 35-40 km, like in a fairy tale. The guys offered to drop by the construction headquarters and eat there in the dining room. (Here I found out who helped me get out of the taiga). I sat on a chair, at a table with a tablecloth , on which there was a vase with bread - as in my student years.

Bread on the route was a delicacy for me, yes, generally speaking, it is usually in short supply on all hikes in the wilderness. It is usually replaced with crackers or, if there is flour, pancakes. The men watched with surprise, but, in my opinion, with understanding, as I ate two portions of the first and second and washed down with four glasses of compote. After such a dense either a late lunch or an early dinner, I swam on a ferry to the right bank of the Lena. At the landing stage, which replaced the pier in Kirensk, I learned that the ships "Zarya" and "Polesie" at Osetrovo (Ust-Kut) would be tomorrow at 8.30. The overnight issue was resolved very well. Victor Sukhikh, who was on duty at the landing stage, having learned what kind of journey I had made, offered to spend the night in his cabin. I went to wander around the city and try to find a museum. I found the museum, but it was already closed, it was evening time. I photographed and videotaped the house of the real "merchant Gromov" (which served as a prototype for the protagonist of the novel "Gloomy River"), preserved from the last century.

The thunderstorm that broke out, from which, thanks to the pipelayers, I managed to escape, here in the city drove me to a cabin on the landing stage. They were about to go to bed when Victor's brother Grigory came. During the conversation, it turned out that the director of the Kirensky Museum, Olga, studied in the same class as Grisha. Today she is on duty at the museum, moonlighting as a security guard. Having learned that I didn’t manage to visit the museum, and that I was leaving tomorrow morning, Grisha immediately called his classmate, explained the situation, and she said: “Bring your friend.” When we arrived, Olga, despite the late hour - it was half past midnight - not only opened the observation halls, but also as a guide in great detail, with knowledge of the matter and sincere interest, took us through the thematic rooms, showed and told us what the Kirensky Museum is rich in . Here they are - Siberians!



Goodbye Lena River and the city of Kirensk!

In the morning I boarded the ship "Zarya" - and ten hours later I found myself in the already familiar Osetrovo river port. I transferred my things to the Lena railway station, took tickets with three transfers in Krasnoyarsk, Omsk and Chelyabinsk to Orenburg. I went to the waiting room: I had to change lanes 8 hours before the train arrived. There were still two hours left before my train, just in case, just out of habit to look for and use all possible chances, I went to the ticket office and found out that there was a free seat on the direct train coming in 30 minutes (without transfers) "Severobaikalsk - Anapa" to Orenburg, on the top shelf and on any!!! Another 3 days of driving - and I ended up on the platform in the city of Orenburg. That's it, the trip to the origins of the two Tunguska and the epic "Summer 2007" of the year are over.

As a result, I found out the following:

1. It is impossible to raft down the Podkamennaya Tunguska from the sources: there is too little water. But that's another story, another song. WHAT WAS DONE in "SUMMER - 2010", in July - August. See "Tunguska Phenomenon" - "Summer 2010" - beginning, end.

2. You can raft along the Lower Tunguska, which served as one of the prototypes of the "Gloomy River" in the novel by V. Shishkov, from the non-residential village of Verkhnekarelina - WHAT WAS DONE in "SUMMER - 2008", in July - August.

But that's another story, another song...

And you can do it too!

Nikolai Kuznetsov

The Nizhnyaya Tunguska River flows in Siberia, Russia.

It flows to the right of the Yenisei, being its tributary. It passes through the Irkutsk region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

River history

Russian explorers appeared on the banks of the Lower Tunguska in 1607. They named the river after the Tungus tribe who lived in those days. The Tungus themselves, and now the Evenks, call the Katenga River. The Russians did not build settlements and settle in new lands due to the harsh climate.

The source of the Lower Tunguska

It flows out near the city of Turukhansk, where there is access to other, larger waterways. The river flows through very picturesque regions. Along the entire course there are rifts, rapids, stones, which are located alone along the entire channel of the Lower Tunguska.


Lower Tunguska on the map photo

Characteristics of the Lower Tunguska

The structure of the river and its valley allowed scientists to identify 2 sections in the structure of the Lower Tunguska:

  • Lower - from Preobrazhenka to the very mouth;
  • Upper - starts from the source to the village of Preobrazhenka.

The upper part stretches for 580 kilometers, passing through a wide valley with gentle slopes and clay-sand deposits. The current speed here is not very high and rarely reaches 6 meters per second. The length of the river is 2989 km.


Nizhnyaya Tunguska river photo

The second part of the current is characterized by flowing through a very narrow and deep valley, which has high and rocky shores. It is here that the channel takes on expansions in many places, which may resemble lakes in shape. Sometimes their dyne is 20 kilometers. Here the Lower Tunguska has many rapids that were created by crystalline formations.

The depth of the river is quite high and ranges from 6 to 10 meters. On the banks there are kurums and talus of large stones, the dimensions of which range from 50 centimeters to one and a half meters. There are many whirlpools on the river, which the locals call korchags. The river creates funnels up to 100 meters deep. They are very dangerous for the ships that pass here. Floods pose an additional threat to ships.


Lower Tunguska in winter photo

The climate of the Lower Tunguska is subarctic. The average annual temperature is minus, the coasts are covered with permafrost, their depth reaches 200 meters. Frosts in winter are strong, and there is little precipitation.

River mode

The flow of the river averages between 5 and 7 kilometers per hour, although it speeds up considerably near the Great Cataract. In the very middle of the river there is a drain of water that falls from a cliff. The bottom of the river is strewn with pitfalls, which are built in ridges, mainly near the right bank, gradually changing to a transverse position. There are also underwater stones on the left bank, but there are much fewer of them.


such different banks of the Lower Tunguska photo

Ice fetters the reservoir in October and lasts until May. Then comes the flood, which is different for the upper and lower parts. In the first it lasts until June, and in the second - until July.

The river is fed by snow, which begins to melt in spring, and summer rains. It practically does not feed on groundwater, since the shores are in a state of eternal cold. In winter - low water. Ice stays in narrow places for a long time, and the water rises up to 35 meters above the boundary line. The ice drift passes rapidly, leaving traces on the rocks.

Fish and Animals

The number of fish species is not large - about 20 species. The most numerous are perch, taimen, roach, pike. A characteristic feature is that the fish grows large and weighs an average of 9-12 kilograms.


Cities

There are no cities, there are large settlements: Turuhask, Tura and Yerbagachen. Between them, you can find many smaller settlements, but they are quite isolated from each other, which is associated with the peculiarities of the climate and the locality in these parts.


Tura village photo

Tributaries of the Lower Tunguska

The main branch of the river is Kochechum, which has a rather large water basin. Its area is 100 thousand square kilometers. Of the other tributaries worth noting: Yambukan; Taimur; Nidym; Teteya; Nepa; Learn and many others.

Tourism on the river

Travelers are carried away by rafting on various watercraft, but they prefer to do it not along the river, but its tributaries. The Lower Tunguska itself is used as a section of the final route, or as an addition to walks. Rafting is carried out mainly along Vivi, Kochechuma, Severnaya, Yerachimo. Rafting on the river starts from Tura, from where regular air communication with Krasnoyarsk is established. Another type of tourism is fishing.

  • The development of this area began between the 16th and 17th centuries, which was reflected in the numerous names that the river has. She was always called Tungusskaya, adding an epithet to her - either Monastic, or Trinity, or Mangazeya.
  • The river was described in a literary work by V. Shishkov, which was called the Gloomy River, as the author called the Lower Tunguska, along which he rafted as part of the expedition.

Lower Tunguska is located in Siberia, on the territory of the Irkutsk region and in the Krasnoyarsk region of Russia. It flows into the Yenisei River. The area of ​​the river basin is 473 thousand km2, it is the second largest right tributary. The length of the river is 2989 km. In terms of the total annual volume of water, it is in 11th place among the rivers of Russia.

The river is fed by melting snow and summer rains. In winter, the river is shallow. It is one of the rivers with the highest amplitude of water level fluctuations.

The course of the Nizhnyaya Tunguska river

There are two main sections along the floodplain of the river:
upstream;
downstream;

The upper course starts from the source of the river in the Central Siberian Plateau and ends near the village of Preobrazhensky. In shallow sections of the channel, the flow velocity is 0.4-0.6 m/s, while in deep sections, the current velocity is low. On the banks of the river there are slopes of sand and clay deposits, the riverbed is located in a wide valley.

The lower course begins just below Preobrazhensky village in a valley with rocky shores. It is here that the flow velocity increases to 3-5 m/s due to the outcrop of crystalline rocks. The outcrop of crystalline rocks contributes to the formation of rapids, which are sufficient in those parts of the river. Also, this area is characterized by long lake-type extensions of more than 20 km.

On the banks you can find "kurumniki", scree and "towpaths". At the very end - in the lower reaches, along the banks there are steep rocky formations, the speed of the current here is lower and amounts to 1-1.5 m / s. Whirlpools are often found along the length of the river.

tributaries

Major tributaries of the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River on right:
Eika;
Kochechum;
Yambukan;
Vivi;
Tutonchan;
Erachimo;
Northern;

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The Kochechum River is the largest tributary of the Lower Tunguska, which begins on the southern edge of the Putorana Plateau. The length of Kochechum is 733 km, the area of ​​the basin is 96400 thousand km2.

Left:
Nepa;
Big Yerema;
Teteya;
Ilimpie;
Nidym;
Taimur;
Uchami;

Nature

The amount of precipitation per year is about 380 mm. At an air temperature of +30 degrees, it is quite possible to run into snow hail and find areas with ice on the banks. The temperature in winter in these parts can reach -60 degrees.

The Nizhnyaya Tunguska River is located mainly in deciduous, pine-deciduous and coniferous forest belts.

The name of the river comes from the pioneers in honor of the Tungus tribe, now the Evenki, who lived in these territories. The “lower” river was named because of the flow of the Yenisei. The river, respectively, is located after the Middle and Upper.

Shipping, alloy

Large-capacity vessels practically do not go along the river because of the rapids and whirlpools, the standard route is only from Turukhansk to Tura. And only during the spring flood and in some years. Late summer or early autumn with heavy rainfall.

You can raft along the entire river, but tributaries of the Lower Tunguska are usually chosen for rafting. In the rafting itinerary, the Lower Tunguska is the final point, or the place where they stop for a walk.

Fauna

The river is home to burbot, pike, lenok, grayling, roach, dace, perch, ide, taimen, and roach. Fishing remains one of the tourist and main goals - in the local waters you can catch fish weighing 8-12 kg.
The banks are full of currants, lingonberries, cranberries and blueberries. There are bird cherry and mountain ash trees.
In the forests, especially in recent times, there are a large number of bears that came from the depths of the Taiga. Rafters are warned to be careful not to come face to face with the elk.
Many species of birds live in the area: wagtails, partridges, owls, capercaillie and golden eagles.

Attractions

This area is famous for its rocky cliffs, the height of which reaches 10 m. Most of the sights are associated with various rocks, rifts and mountains on the banks of the Lower Tunguska River.

The sights include the rock of the Bad Cape, Mount Northern Stone, the roll of Spartak, the Catch Stone of the Hayuli Catch.

For lovers of photography, this area is an excellent source of beautiful pictures of nature, animals and birds.

On the territory of Turukhansk there is a museum of local lore, where you can get acquainted with the nature and life of the northerners, learn the history of the village.

Above the Nizhnyaya Tungusska River, in the Srednyaya (Podkamennaya) Tungusska River, there is a world-famous landmark of a fallen meteorite, the power of which is commensurate with the most powerful detonated atomic bomb. An interesting fact: due to the fall of the meteorite, all the trees were destroyed over 2000 km2, but at the very epicenter the trees remained in place.

Cities and towns near the river

There are no cities in this area, there are only two villages along the river: the village of Tura and the village of Turukhansk.
The settlement of Tura began its life on August 3, 1927. Until 2011, Tura would have been an urban-type settlement, now it is just a settlement. In 2014, the population was 5,562, most of them Russians and Evenks. On the territory of the village there is a hospital, schools and kindergartens, two technical schools have been rebuilt. The geographical center of Russia is located 366 km from the village.

The village of Turukhansk began its existence in 1662 on the left bank of the Turukhana River as a settlement, which became a village in 1917. According to 2010 data, 4662 people live in the village, an airport and a river port have been built on the territory. Most of the people living there are Russians, Germans and Kets.

At the end of 1930, exile camps were created near Turukhansk, and many Germans were forced to live in settlements near Turukhansk after liberation, including in Turukhansk.

Industry

On the territory of Turukhansk, three construction companies, water treatment enterprises Igarsky sawmill and transshipment plant and the Municipal Administration have settled. There is a representative office of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and a cash settlement center. Agricultural activities are also carried out (livestock and fishing industry).

The construction of the Evenk hydroelectric power station is planned on Nizhnyaya Tunguska, although the residents of Turukhansk may be in danger, because if the construction does take place, severe flooding of the village is possible.