Editing Krasnoyarsk Krai (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Operational Navigation Chart C-5, 2nd edition.jpg|thumb|left|Map including part of northern Krasnoyarsk Krai]]
The krai lies in the middle of [[Siberia]], and occupies nearly half of the [[Siberian Federal District]], almost splitting it in half, stretching {{convert|3,000|km|mi|-2}} from the [[Sayan Mountains]] in the south along the [[Yenisei River]] to the [[Taymyr Peninsula]] in the north. It borders (counting clockwise from the sea) the [[Sakha Republic]], [[Irkutsk Oblast|Irkutsk]], the [[Tuva Republic]], the [[Republic of Khakassia]], [[Kemerovo Oblast|Kemerovo]], [[Tomsk Oblast|Tomsk]], [[Tyumen Oblast]]s, the [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug]], the [[Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug]] and the [[Kara Sea]] and [[Laptev Sea]] of the [[Arctic Ocean]] in the north.

The krai is located in the basin of the [[Arctic Ocean]]; a great number of rivers that flow through the krai [[drainage basin|drain]] into it eventually. The main rivers of the krai are the Yenisei, and its [[tributary|tributaries]] (from south to north): the [[Kan River|Kan]], the [[Angara River|Angara]], the [[Podkamennaya Tunguska River|Podkamennaya Tunguska]], the [[Nizhnyaya Tunguska River|Nizhnyaya Tunguska]] and the [[Tanama River|Tanama]].

There are also several thousand lakes in the krai. The largest lakes include Beloye, Belyo, [[Lake Glubokoye (Putorana)|Glubokoye]], Itat, [[Lake Khantayskoye|Khantayskoye]], Labas, [[Lake Lama|Lama]], Pyasina, [[Lake Taymyr|Taymyr]], and [[Lake Yessey|Yessey]]. The rivers and lakes are rich in fish.

The climate is strongly [[continental climate|continental]] with large temperature variations during the year. Long winters and short, hot summers are characteristic for the central and southern regions where most of the krai's population lives. The territory of Krasnoyarsk Krai experiences conditions of three climate belts: [[polar climate|arctic]], [[Subarctic climate|subarctic]], and [[humid continental climate|humid continental]]. In the north there are less than 40 days with temperature above {{convert|10|°C|°F}}, while in the south there are 110–120 such days.

The average temperature in January is {{convert|-36|C|1}} in the north and {{convert|-18|C|1}} in the south. The average temperature in July is {{convert|5|to|10|C}} in the north – where the most poleward [[tree line]] in the world is found at [[Ary-Mas]] – and {{convert|+20|C}} in the south. The annual precipitation is {{convert|316|mm|sp=us}} (up to {{convert|1200|mm|sp=us}} in the foothills of the Sayan Mountains). Snow covers the central regions of the krai from early November until late March. The peaks of the Sayan Mountains higher than {{convert|2,400|-|2,600|m|ft|-2}} and those of the [[Putorana Plateau]] higher than {{convert|1,000|-|1,300|m|ft}} are covered with permanent snow. [[Permafrost]] is absent at low altitudes south of [[Lesosibirsk]], but as one moves north it grades from [[sporadic permafrost|sporadic]] around [[58th parallel north|the 58th parallel]] to [[discontinuous permafrost|extensive discontinuous]] around [[60th parallel north|the 60th parallel]] and [[continuous permafrost|continuous]] north of [[63rd parallel north|the 63rd parallel]].

The coastline contains several prominent peninsulas – from west to east the main ones are the [[Minina Peninsula]], [[Mikhailov Peninsula]], the [[Taymyr Peninsula]] (by far the largest, and itself containing the Zarya Peninsula, Oskara Peninsula and [[Chelyuskin Peninsula]]) and the Khara-Tumus Peninsula.

There are also a large number of islands off the krai's coast, the most prominent of which are (from west to east) [[Sibiryakov Island]], Nosok Island, [[Dikson Island]], Vern Island, Brekhovskiye Island (in the [[Yenisei Gulf]]), Krestovskiy Island, the [[Kamennye Islands]], the [[Zveroboy Islands]], the [[Labyrintovye Islands]], the [[Plavnikovye Islands]], [[Kolosovykh Island]], the [[Mona Islands]], Rykacheva Island, Gavrilova Island, Belukha and Prodolgovatyy Islands, the [[Nordenskiöld Archipelago]], the [[Firnley Islands]], the [[Heiberg Islands]], [[Starokadomsky Island]], [[Maly Taymyr Island]], the [[Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands]], the [[Faddey Islands]], and the [[Saint Peter Islands]]. There are also a number of islands further out that fall under the administration of Krasnoyarsk Krai – the most prominent being Bolshoy Island, [[Sverdrup Island (Kara Sea)|Sverdrup Island]], the [[Izvestiy TSIK Islands]], the [[Arkticheskiy Institut Islands]], the [[Kirov Islands]], [[Uyedineniya Island]], [[Voronina Island]], [[Severnaya Zemlya]] (the largest group), and [[Ushakov Island]].
The highest point of the krai is [[Grandiozny Peak]] in the [[Eastern Sayan]] Mountains at an elevation of {{convert|2922|m|sp=us}}.

In the south there is a [[Ergaki Nature Park]] which is a [[protected area]] of Krasnoyarsk Krai. It contains the Western Sayan Mountains.<ref name="Park">{{cite web |title=История |url=https://ergaki-park.ru/about/history/ |website=ergaki-park.ru |publisher=Ergaki Natural Park |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> The park was established in 2005 and it covers an area of {{cvt|342,873|ha}}.<ref name="Baklitskaya">{{cite news |last1=Baklitskaya |first1=Kate |title=Siberian Secrets - the majestic Yergaki National Park |url=https://siberiantimes.com/home/sent-to-siberia/siberian-secrets-the-majestic-yergaki-national-park/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=siberiantimes.com |publisher=The Siberian Times |date=1 November 2012}}</ref> It is bordered by the Yenisei highway.<ref name="Mikhailovich">{{cite news |last1=Mikhailovich |first1=Ryzhenkov Vladimir |title=Природный парк «Ергаки» / Досье / Справка |url=https://newslab.ru/info/dossier/prirodnyj-park-ergaki |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=newslab.ru |publisher=News Laboratory LLC |date=2024}}</ref>