Kan | |
Mouth: | Yenisey |
Mouth Coordinates: | 56.512°N 93.791°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
Length: | 629km (391miles) |
Basin Size: | 36900km2 |
The Kan (Russian: Кан) river is a right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia. It is 629km (391miles) long and drains a basin of 36900km2. Its valley forms the southern boundary of the Yenisey Range.[1]
The headwaters of the river rise in the Sayan Mountains and flow from there in a northerly direction through Kansk and then in a westerly direction through Zelenogorsk, entering Yenisei at Ust-Kan, 43miles north-east of Krasnoyarsk.