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| | Abakan -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
 | | The city lies on the left bank of the Abakan River near its confluence with the Yenisey River. |
 | | The Abakan River, a tributary of the Yenisey, forms the axis of the republic. |
 | | Southeast of the Abakan's valley rise the Western (Zapadny) Sayan mountains, reaching 9,613 feet (2,930 m) in Mount Karagosh, and to the west and northwest are the Abakan... |
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