Kinzelyuk Waterfall

Coordinates: 54°09′33″N 95°50′02″E / 54.159167°N 95.833889°E / 54.159167; 95.833889 The Kinzelyuk Waterfall (Кинзелюкский водопад) is probably the highest waterfall in Russia, after the elusive Talnikovy Waterfall (which may not exist any more).[1] In 1989, a team led by Petro Kravchuk estimated its height to be 328 meters.[1]

The waterfall is located in the eastern part of the Kuraginsky District, near the border with the Irkutsk Oblast, in the sparsely populated region of Siberia known as Tofalaria.[2]

The stream flows out of the Lake Kinzelyuk, which occupies the summit of the Kinzelyuk Mountain, with a height of 1601 meters. The water falls into the small Lower Kinzelyuk Lake, which feeds the Kinzelyuk River, a tributary of the Kizir River.[3]

The Kinzelyuk Mountain is part of the Kinzelyuk Ridge, the westernmost spur of the Agulski Belki mountains. The entire mountainous region is known as the Eastern Sayan Mountains.

References

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The stream flowing out of the mountain lake
  1. 1 2 Кравчук П. А. Рекорды природы. — Любешов: Эрудит, 1993. — С. 65. — 216 с. — ISBN 5-7707-2044-1.
  2. ↑ http://www.tofalaria.ru/kinzeljuk_2008-part1.htm
  3. ↑ А. А. Федоров. Два года в Саянах. Гос. изд-во геогр. лит-ры, 1951. Стр. 152-153.
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