The Abakan , (from the Khakas word for "bear's blood") is a river in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. It is formed by the confluence of the Bolshoy Abakan and Maly Abakan rivers. It rises in the western Sayan Mountains and flows northeast through the Minusinsk Depression to the Yenisei River. It is about long (from the Bolshoy Abakan's source), and its drainage basin covers . The river is used for log driving and irrigation.