Map of the Khatanga drainage basin, including the Kheta (to the north) and Kotuy (to the south)
Course
It begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta. The Khatanga is 227 kilometres (141mi) long (1,636km (1,017mi) including its headwater Kotuy);[1] the area of its basin is 364,000 square kilometres (141,000sqmi).[2] 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 11,600 square kilometres (4,500sqmi), 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.
Fauna
The Khatanga teems with different kinds of fish, including ryapushka, omul, muksun, white salmon, taimen, loach, among others.
History
Russian fur traders first reached the Khatanga about 1611.[3]
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