The Baky (russian: Бакы; sah, Бакы) is a river in the
Sakha Republic (Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is one of the northern tributaries of the
Yana
Yana may refer to:
Locations
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. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows north of the
Arctic Circle. Its basin falls within
Verkhoyansky District
Verkhoyansky District (russian: Верхоя́нский улу́с; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы улууһа, ''Üöhee Djaangy uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, ...
.
Course
The Baky is a left
tributary
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of the Yana. It has its sources in the northwestern slopes of the
Khayrdakh Ridge (Хайырдахский кряж), part of the
Kular Range
The Kular Range (russian: хребет Кулар, ''Khrebet Kular''; sah, Кулар сис, Kular Sis) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Eveno-Bytantaysky National District of the Sa ...
of the
Verkhoyansk
Verkhoyansk ( rus, Верхоянск, p=vʲɪrxɐˈjansk; sah, Верхоянскай, ''Verkhoyanskay'') is a town in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River in the Arctic Circle, from Batagay, the ad ...
system. The river flows first northeastwards, skirting the mountain area. It
meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex ba ...
s within a wide valley heading in an eastern direction in its lower course.
Osokhtokh village is located by the banks of the Baky in its last stretch, where the river meanders very strongly. Near the left bank of the Yana the Baky divides into three branches, joining the river from its mouth.
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Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Baky are the long Tulluk (Туллук), the long Yuyuteer (Ююттээр) and the long Tirekhteekh (Тирэхтээх) on the right, as well as the long Chyuyompe-Salaa (Чюёмпэ-Салаа) and the long Kharyly-Salaa (Харылый-Салаа) on the left.
[ There are 80 lakes in the river basin. The river is frozen between late September or early October and late May or early June.nature.ykt - Бакы]
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See also
*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
Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
Tributaries of the Yana River
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
East Siberian Lowland
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