Khatanga (river)
The Khatanga is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. The river is navigable. The river port of Khatanga is located on the river.
Course
It begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta. The Khatanga is long ; the area of its basin is. 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, 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.