Lena River

The Lena River is a river in Siberia, flowing into the Arctic Ocean. With a length of , it is the tenth longest river in the world. With a watershed size of , it has the nineth largest watershed. 

The Lena begins in the Baikal Mountains, a mountain range in central Siberia, at a point  west of Lake Baikal. The Lena flows northeast. Some of its major tributaries are the Kirenga, Vitim, Oylokma, Aldan, and Vilyuy rivers. It empties into the Laptev Sea, a branch of the Arctic Ocean.

The name "Lena" comes from the word, Elyu-Ene, meaning "The Large River". The word comes from the Evenks, a people of Northern Asia. 

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Category:Rivers of Russia
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