Lena River
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| Length | 4,294 km |
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| Source | Baikal Mountains |
| Basin size | 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi) |
| Mouths | Laptev Sea |
| Arctic Ocean | |
| Cities | Yakutsk |
| Ust-Kut | |
| Lensk | |
| Olyokminsk | |
| Kirensk | |
| Pokrovsk | |
| Did you know | In 1628 Vasily Bugor and 10 men reached the Lena, collected 'yasak' (tribute) from the 'natives' and then founded Kirinsk in 1632. |
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| ID | 809231 |
About Lena River
The Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean. With a mean annual discharge of 588 cubic kilometers per year, it is the second largest Arctic river after the Yenisey, and the largest river whose catchment is entirely within Russia.
