Tenka (river)

The Tenka, also known as Tenke, is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. It is a right tributary of the Kolyma, with a length of a drainage basin of. The river flows across the Tenkinsky District, which is named after it.

Course

The Tenka flows through the Upper Kolyma Highlands. It heads first roughly northwards, then when it is joined by the Omchak from the left it flows southeastwards, passing near Transportny. Further downstream it bends again and flows northwards until its mouth.
Formerly the river joined the right bank of the Kolyma from its mouth, but nowadays its mouth is in the Kolyma Reservoir at an elevation of.
The main tributaries of the Tenka are the long Budyonny from the right; and the long Omchak and long Nilkoba joining it from the left.