The Mana River Krasnoyarsk Territory. Rest on the river Mana

Many deservedly attracted to their shores taiga Siberian beauty - the river Mana. The Krasnoyarsk region, on the territory of which it flows, is rich in a variety of water bodies, but this inflow of the Yenisei gathers crowds of admirers of wild beauty, lovers of extreme alloys and nature reserves.

Location and characteristics of the waterway

The right tributary of the Yenisei River is the Mana River, originating in the ridges of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the Mansky and Kuturchinsky white mountains. It carries its waters from Lake Mansky along the northern slope of the Eastern Sayan, mostly in the direction of the northwest, crossing the massifs of the taiga and flowing into the Yenisei 30 km upstream of the regional capital - the city of Krasnoyarsk. Its total length is 475 km, and the speed of the current varies from 7-8 km / h in the upper reaches of the river to 4 km / h - in its lower reaches. The Mana River takes in its basin more than 300 tributaries of various sizes. The largest of them - Mina, Krol, Kolba, Zherzhul, Beret, Urman. In the mountain part for almost a kilometer the river flows under the ground. The upper part is rather meandering and rapids, the lower reaches are suitable for navigation.

Natural conditions

The Mana River flows through a large area of karst rocks that are characterized by good solubility. Its upper reaches are fed mainly by snow and rainwater; downstream, the saturation of the purest cold (up to 10 degrees Celsius) water rich in minerals (hydrocarbonate) is of greater importance. Such numerous springs with natural drinking enriched water are present in the whole basin.

The beaches are rich in vegetation, similar to the forests surrounding the city of Krasnoyarsk. The Mana River will please fans of coniferous air - on the coastal territory you can see and pine, and larch, and cedar, and spruce, and fir. From deciduous trees there are often birch, aspen, willow, mountain ash and bird cherry. The waters of the river are rich in taimen, sterlet, lenca, pike, grayling, burbot, perch, ruff, roach, dace, loach, gudgeon, minnow and round goby.

Not far from the mouth (20 - 40 km) on the right bank is the border of the nature reserve "Stolby".

An environmental landmark

The Mana River is known for a very interesting natural formation, subject to protection, located on the north-western spurs of the Eastern Sayan on the right bank in its lower reaches.

This reserve is known all over the world, thanks to four rocky rinks with inaccessible walls - Mansky Pillars, referring to syenith rocks-remains. Millions of years, the wind and rain rocked the stone, creating picturesque sculptures resembling huge (up to 100 meters tall) beasts, fabulous grottoes and through arches. Many rocks in this state reserve have their names - Berkut, Feathers, Griffins, Grandfather and the like.

Tourism

Most of the fans of outdoor activities come here for rafting along the river. From May to September, numerous thresholds of different levels of complexity attract crowds of extreme tourists. The whole basin lies within the mountainous terrain, which gives rapids the rapids and creates an abundance of waterfalls, narrow valleys are distinguished by steep slopes, the water surface is full of islets, rich in sharp turns, the bottom is strewn with underwater rocks, ruts and shoals, shivers are found. The upper reaches have two thresholds related to the 3-4 categories of difficulty - Sable ("Trumpet") and Greater Mansky, on which the local water slalom championship takes place every year. On the sports courts, it is possible to float only from the Yulyevsky mine, the lower reaches of the small water transport.

Adherents of a more peaceful pastime, the Mana River, rest offers suitable - you can make a walk, buy, fish, sleep around the fire, for which hundreds of townsfolk flock to the rocky Isthmus of Perekop for the weekend.

Man-Made History Monument

Another landmark that testifies to the heroic labor past in difficult war years is the meandering section of the railway, called the "highway of courage", laid in hard 1942, after which the work of some of its construction developers was equated with a feat on the front line.

The track has a complicated trajectory - it crosses the river three times, spreading highly the reinforced concrete arches of railway bridges and entering the Mansky tunnel, which has the longest length on the Abakan-Taishet branch.

Thus, the river Mana, the Krasnoyarsk region decorating, is rightly considered a tourist resort, attracting not only residents of the regional center, but also guests from other regions.