| Bazaikha База́иха | |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 55.5317°N 93.6136°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | ca 650m (2,130feet) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 55.9794°N 92.7831°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 139m (456feet) |
| Length: | 128km (80miles) |
| Basin Size: | 1000km2 |
The Bazaikha (Russian: База́иха) is a river in the Krasnoyarsk Krai. It is the third largest river in the Krasnoyarsk neighborhood after Yenisey and Mana. The name derived from the Kamassian Kalmyk; Oirat: bazaī-ďağa — iron river.[1]
The length of the Bazaikha is 128km (80miles) and the area of its basin is 21700km2.[2]
Beginning in the Eastern Sayan mountains it flows west-northward without a contact with populated places until the very confluence with the Yenisey in the suburbs near the southwestern edge of the Krasnoyarsk city. The valley is mostly deep and winding with the banks covered with conifers.
Numerous resorts, dachas and cottages are built in the valley stretching for 14km (09miles) inwards from the confluence. By the Yenisei, the village of Bazaikha is located in what is considered a part of Krasnoyarsk; it should not be confused with the railway station named Bazaikha which is 18km (11miles) west of it.
The closest approach to the wild part of Bazaikha is from the villages of Beryozovskiy and Magansk.