The Anabar ( rus, Анабар, r=Anabar, in its upper course: Большая Куонамка ''Bolshaya Kuonamka''; sah, Анаабыр, translit=Anaabyr) is a

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Sakha Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

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. It is long ( counting the long Bolshaya Kuonamka ("Big Kuonamka") stretch of its upper course) and has a drainage basin of .

Course

The Anabar is formed at the confluence of the

Malaya Kuonamka The Malaya Kuonamka (russian: Малая Куонамка; sah, Кыра Куонамка) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Anabar with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river flows no ...

and

Bolshaya Kuonamka Bolshaya (Russian language for "big") may refer to: * Bolshaya, Arkhangelsk, a village * Bolshaya chistka, "Great Purge", the 1936–1938 Soviet purge * Bolshaya Izhora, an urban locality in the Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast * Bolshay ...

at the edge of the

North Siberian Lowland The North Siberian Lowland (russian: Северо-Сибирская низменность; sah, Хотугу Сибиир намтала), also known as Taymyr Lowland (Таймырская низменность), is a plain with a relatively ...

. The length of the Anabar proper is . The two rivers forming it have their sources in the northeastern part of the

Anabar Plateau The Anabar Plateau ( rus, Анабарское плато) is a mountain plateau in Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Siberia, Russia. The plateau is in a latitude dominated by permafrost. The permafrost thickness under the Anab ...

, part of the

Central Siberian Plateau The Central Siberian Plateau (russian: Среднесибирское плоскогорье, Srednesibirskoye ploskogorye; sah, Орто Сибиир хаптал хайалаах сирэ) is a vast mountainous area in Siberia, one of the Grea ...

. There are many lakes in its basin. The Anabar basin is located between rivers Khatanga and

Olenyok Olenyok or Olenek may refer to: *Olenyok (river), a river in Russia *Olenyok (rural locality), a rural locality (a ''selo'') in the Sakha Republic, Russia * Olenyok Airport, an airport in the same rural locality * Olenyok Gulf, a gulf in the Laptev ...

. The mouth of the river is in the

Anabar Bay Anabar Bay ( rus, Анабарский залив, r=Anabarskiy Zaliv; sah, Анаабыр хомото, translit=Anaabır Qomoto) is a gulf in the Laptev Sea. Lat 74° 30' and long 113° 15'. It stretches between the eastern cape off the mouth o ...

. Its mean annual discharge is , concentrated heavily in early summer when the ice that covers the river for most of the year thaws. The Uele river flows into the Laptev Sea close to the mouth of the Anabar, but it is not its tributary.

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Tributaries

Its main tributaries are the long Mayat, the long

Udya The Udya or Udzha (russian: Удя or Уджа; sah, Удьаа) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Anabar with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, ...

(Удьа), the long

("Little Kuonamka") and the long

Ebelyakh Ebelyakh (russian: Эбелях; sah, Эбэлээх, translit=Ebeleex) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Ebelyakhsky Rural Okrug of Anabarsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, l ...

on the right, as well as the long Suolama, the long Kharabyl and the long Konnies on the left.Water of Russia - Анабар
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History

Historically

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have inhabited the basin of the Anabar River. Vasiliy Sychev was the first

n to reach the river in 1643. In present times the basin of the Anabar river is notable as the location of the largest concentration of

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deposits in the world outside of

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and

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. These deposits made the

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into one of the world's largest producers of diamonds, and remain the economic mainstay of the area.

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* {{Authority control Rivers of the Sakha Republic Drainage basins of the Laptev Sea North Siberian Lowland

Course

Tributaries

History

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