The Allakh-Yun (russian: Аллах-Юнь, sah, Ааллаах Үүн, ''Aallaax Üün'') is a river in
Sakha Republic and
Khabarovsk Krai,
Russia
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. It is a right
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Aldan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Geography
The Allakh-Yun arises at an elevation of around as the outflow from the mountain lake Amparyndzha, in the south-eastern
Verkhoyansk Range
The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...
. It flows generally in a south-westerly direction through a narrow valley along the
Yudoma-Maya Highlands
The Yudoma-Maya Highlands ( rus, Юдомо-Майское нагорье, r=Yudomo-Maiskoye Nagorye; sah, Юдома-Маайа хаптал хайалаах сиринэн ) are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic and Khabarovsk Krai, Far ...
, to the east of the
Sette-Daban range. The river cuts through the
Ulakhan-Bom
The Ulakhan-Bom (russian: Улахан-Бом; sah, Улахан Бом, meaning "Big Obstacle") is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia, a southern prolongation of the Verkhoyansk Range, part of the East Siberian System. Administra ...
Ridge, before flowing into the Aldan by the southern end of the
Kyllakh Range
The Kyllakh Range (russian: Кыллахский хребет; sah, Кыыллаах) is a range of mountains in the Russian Federation. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. It is the smallest of the ranges which are ...
, at an elevation of , approximately from the settlement of
Eldikan
Eldikan (russian: Эльдикан; sah, Элдьикээн, ''Elcikeen'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Aldan River, northeast of Ust-Ma ...
.
[P-53 54 Map (in Russian)](_blank)
/ref>[ Google Earth] At its mouth, the Allakh-Yun is about wide and deep.
The Allakh-Yun freezes over from mid-October until late May.
Local economy and infrastructure
The river is navigable on its lower and middle sections. The surrounding area is very sparsely settled, with the few settlements that do exist on the river, such as Allakh-Yun, Zvyodochka and Solnechny, having originated as gold-mining centres in the 1930s. With the economic crisis arising after the breakup of the Soviet Union and subsequent cessation of mining activities, the area's population dropped from over 8,000 in 1989 to around 1,500 in 2010.
The long unsealed road connecting Eldikan with Yugoryonok
Yugoryonok (russian: Югорёнок) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Ust-Maya, the administrative center of the district,''Registry of the Administrative-Terr ...
on the Yudoma River crosses the Allakh-Yun on a concrete bridge north of Solnechny. This bridge has been repeatedly destroyed or damaged by floods, most recently in 2008.Newspaper ''Yakutia'', 22 May 2008
(Russian)
See also
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List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drain ...
References
External links
Articlein the
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...
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Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Rivers of Khabarovsk Krai
Suntar-Khayata