The Arga-Yuryakh (russian: Арга-Юрях; sah, Арҕаа Үрэх, ''Arğaa Ürex'') is a river in

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(Yakutia),

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. It is one of the major tributaries of the

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. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the

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, across desolate

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territories of the

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. Its basin falls within

Ust-Yansky Ust-Yansky District (russian: Усть-Я́нский улу́с; sah, Усуйаана улууһа, ''Usuyaana uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), o ...

and Bulunsky districts. The name of the river comes from the Yakut ''"Arğaa-ürex"'' ''(Арҕаа-үрэх)'', meaning "western river".

Course

The Arga-Yuryakh is a left

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of the Omoloy. It has its sources at the confluence of the long Mundukan and the long Khadarynnya in the eastern slopes of the

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of the

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system. The river flows roughly in an ENE direction and when it descends into the

, it bends and heads in a NNE direction until the end of its course. In its last stretch the river flows roughly parallel to the Omoloy further east,

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ing in the

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. Finally the Arga-Yuryakh bends to the east and joins the left bank of the Omoloy from its mouth. The confluence is downstream of the mouth of the

Kuranakh-Yuryakh The Kuranakh-Yuryakh (russian: Куранах-Юрях or Кураанах-Юрэх; sah, Кураанах Үрэх, ''Kuraanax Ürex'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river ...

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Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Arga-Yuryakh are the long Ulakhan-Kieng-Appa on the right, as well as the long Turkulaakh, the long Tonguulaakh, the long Alyy-Yurege, the long Omukchaan, the long Yullyugen and the long Mas-Khayippyt on the left. The river is frozen between early October and early June. There are more than 1,500 lakes in its basin.Арга-Юрях - nature.ykt
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References

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Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
Tributaries of the Omoloy Rivers of the Sakha Republic Verkhoyansk Range East Siberian Lowland {{Russia-river-stub

Course

Tributaries

See also

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