Lena

 

(lē'nə, Rus. lyĕ'nə) , river, easternmost of the great rivers of Siberia, c.2,670 mi (4,300 km) long, rising near Lake Baykal, SE Siberian Russia. It flows northeast, then north along the east side of the central Siberian uplands and parallels the Verkhoyansk Range, reaching a width of 8.5 mi (13.7 km). It empties through a c.250-mi- (400-km-) wide delta into the Arctic Ocean. It is navigable for 2,135 mi (3,436 km) upstream; at Yakutsk (915 mi/1,473 km upstream) it is ice free from June to October; at the delta from July to September. Coal and gold are found along the Lena and its tributaries (the Vitim and the Aldan). The Lena was first reached by the Russians in 1630.

Lena can refer to:

Places

• The Lena River
• Lena, Wisconsin, village within the town Lena, Wisconsin
• Lena (town), Wisconsin
• Lena, Norway
• Lena (Llena), Asturias
• Lena, one of the Departments of Burkina Faso

People

• Lena Headey, Actress
• Lena Horne, singer and actress, best known for the song "Stormy Weather"
• Lena Katina, one of the members of the musical group t.A.T.u.
• Lena Olin, a Swedish actress
• Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer, also known as "Lena Ph" (real name - Maria Magdalena Filipsson)
• Lena Soderberg (Söderberg), Playmate
• Lena Gercke, German model
• Lena, an Indian (Malayalam) actress.

Other

• Bulma, Dragon Ball character (Bulma was called "Lena" in the early Harmony Gold dub)
• Diminutive from Russian female name Yelena (Elena, Helen)
• Lena or Lenna, the famous image of Lena Söderberg used in digital image processing
• The Lena massacre, which occurred near the Lena River in Siberia
• Lena the Hyena in the Li'l Abner comic strip

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