Koda (Russia) Explained

The Koda (ru|Кода) is a tributary on the right (north) side of the Angara, 13 km northeast of the city of Kodinsk, in the Kezhemsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

The river gave the name to the town of Kodinsk. It is claimed to derive from the Evenki word kada, meaning "cliff".^[1]

A seasonal settlement of the same name was the headquarters for the construction of the Boguchany Dam across the Angara, starting 1975.^[2] With the filling of the reservoir in 2012, the lower 30 km of the Koda river valley were flooded and are now a branch of the dam's reservoir.^{[3] [4]}

The region has yielded prehistoric remains.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира", Москва, 1998, p. 207.
2. G. K. Sukhanov and M. I. Levitskii "Angara Sequence of Hydroelectric Stations". Gidrotekhlcheskoe Stroltel'stvo, volume 12, issue 4, pages 3-9. Translation by Plenum UDC 621.311.21(282.256.34).
3. Andrzej Jagus and Martyna Rzetala (2013): "Environmental Consequences of the Construction of the Boguchany Dam – Present Change and Projections". Proc. 13th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference (SGEM 2013), volume I.
4. Google Maps: "Koda River, Russia". Accessed on 2019-03-27.
5. N. I. Drozdov (1974) "Kodinskoe pogrebenie s antropomorfnymi figurkami iz bivnia mamonta" ("Kodinsk Burial with Anthropomorphic Figures of Mammoth Tusk"). Drevniaia istoriia narodov iuga Vostochnoy Sibiri. volume 1, pages 229-236.
6. Nikolai P. Makarov (2013): "The Ancient Stages of the Culture Genesis of the Krasnoyarsk Northern Indigenous Peoples". Journal of Siberian Federal University - Humanities & Social Sciences volume 6, pages 816-841.