The Little Yenisei is a river in northern Mongolia and in Tuva, Russia. At its confluence with the Great Yenisei in Kyzyl (Tuva), the Yenisei is formed. It is 563 kilometres (350 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 58,700 square kilometres (22,700 sq mi). It rises as the Shishged Gol in the Darkhad Valley in northwestern Khövsgöl aimag in Mongolia.