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Economic and Industrial Use
The river has been extensively developed for hydroelectric power, a legacy of 20th-century Soviet industrial planning. Several massive dams punctuate the middle course, most notably the Krasnoyarsk Dam, one of the largest of its kind globally. These facilities generate significant electrical power, primarily utilized by adjacent aluminum smelting operations.
The practice of damming the river is somewhat counterintuitive given the geological instability of the region's deeply frozen substrata. Engineers have successfully mitigated th…