Fishing on the Yenisei (Kara-Balik Lake, the source of Biy-Khema)

One of the largest rivers in the world, the border between Western and Eastern Siberia, the deepest and most abundant river of Russia - all this is about the Yenisei. The name of this famous Siberian river from the Evenki language is translated as "big water" - "ionesi". Russian Cossacks, mastering the local region, just slightly changed in their way favorite Evenki word. And the Tuvans call Yenisei Ulug-Khem “Great River”. Officially, the source of the Yenisei is considered the high-mountain lake Kara-Balyk in the Eastern Sayans, from where the Biy-Khem River (Big Yenisei) originates.