| Khatanga | |
| Source1: | confluence of Kotuy and Kheta |
| Mouth: | Laptev Sea |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 73.1872°N 106.2069°W |
| Progression: | Laptev Sea |
| River System: | Khatanga River |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
| Discharge1 Location: | Near mouth |
| Discharge1 Avg: | (Period: 1984–2018)[1] |
| Basin Size: | [2] |
| Tributaries Left: | Kheta, Novaya, Malaya Balakhnya |
| Tributaries Right: | Kotuy, Nizhnyaya, Bludnaya, Popigay |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai#Russia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
The Khatanga (ru|Хатанга) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. The river is navigable. The river port of Khatanga is located on the river.
It begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta. The Khatanga is long (including its headwater Kotuy); the area of its basin is .[3] It flows into the Khatanga Gulf of the Laptev Sea, forming an estuary. There are more than 112,000 lakes, with a total surface area of 11600km2, in the basin of the river.
The Khatanga freezes up in late September - early October and breaks up in early June. Its main tributaries are the Nizhnyaya, Bludnaya, Popigay, Novaya, and Malaya Balakhnya.
The Khatanga teems with different kinds of fish, including ryapushka, omul, muksun, white salmon, taimen, loach, among others.
Russian fur traders first reached the Khatanga about 1611.[4]