Stony Tunguska
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Stony Tunguska — Ston′y Tungus′ka n. geg See under Tunguska … From formal English to slang
Tunguska — is a region in Russia. The term may also refer to one of the following.*Any of the Tunguska Rivers ** Upper Tunguska, an old name of the lower flow of Angara River ** Stony Tunguska River (Russian: Podkamennaya Tunguska ; the place of the… … Wikipedia
Tunguska Basin — [toon go͞os′kä] large coal basin in central Siberia, between the Yenisei & Lena rivers: it is drained by three rivers, the Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska, & Upper Tunguska (usually called the Angara River), which flow west into the Yenisei * * * … Universalium
Tunguska Basin — [toon go͞os′kä] large coal basin in central Siberia, between the Yenisei & Lena rivers: it is drained by three rivers, the Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska, & Upper Tunguska (usually called the Angara River), which flow west into the Yenisei … English World dictionary
Tunguska event — The Tunguska Event, or Tunguska explosion, was a powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya (Lower Stony) Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, at around 7:14 a.m. [P. Farinella, L. Foschini, Ch. Froeschl eacute;,… … Wikipedia
Tunguska event — (June 30, 1908) Enormous aerial explosion that flattened about 500,000 ac (2,000 sq km) of pine forest near the Stony Tunguska River in central Siberia. Its energy is estimated to have been equivalent to that of about 15 megatons of TNT.… … Universalium
Tunguska River — There are three rivers in Eastern Siberia that share the name Tunguska ( ru. Тунгуска). All three are right tributaries of Yenisei.* Upper Tunguska, or Angara * Stony Tunguska River * Lower Tunguska RiverThere is also the Tunguska River in the… … Wikipedia
Tunguska — geographical name any of three rivers in central Russia in Asia, tributaries of the Yenisey: Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska, & Upper Tunguska (lower course of the Angara) … New Collegiate Dictionary
Tunguska — /toong gooh skeuh/; Russ. /toohn gooh skeuh/, n. any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: includes the Lower Tunguska 2000 mi. (3220 km) long; the Upper Tunguska or the lower course of the Angara;… … Universalium
Tunguska — Tun•gu•ska [[t]tʊŋˈgu skə[/t]] n. geg any of three tributaries (Lower Tunguska Stony Tunguska and Upper Tunguska) of the Yenesei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia … From formal English to slang
