Mana River
The Mana is a popular place of rafting tourism, mostly on the calm, easily passable part of the river beginning from the Beret village or more difficult, from the village of Bolshoy Ungut. The place called Manskiy Plyos near Ust-Mana is very popular for holding various festivals, such as the traditional festival of bard songs.
Course
It flows northwest from the Eastern Sayan Mountains. The upper river called Pravaya Mana is a typical mountain river having many rapids, the lower part is calm, winding among the high hills. It joins the Yenisey some 16 kilometres (10 mi) from Krasnoyarsk city, where the Ust-Mana village is located.
The river freezes over in the first half of November, ice breaking usually begins in the second half of April.
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See also
References
- ^ "Река МАНА in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Prokhorov, Alexander Mihajlovič, ed. (1990). Советский энциклопедический словарь (in Russian) (4th ed.). Moscow: Sovetskai︠a︡ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡. p. 337. ISBN 978-5-85270-001-8. OCLC 997462014.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Энциклопедия туриста. М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 1993. ISBN 978-5-85270-083-4. Page 765.
- ^ "Р.Мана(ст.Лукашевича-пос.Усть-Мана)".
- ^ Институт географии РАН
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