Batamay (russian: Батамай) is a

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(a '' selo''), and one of two settlements in Kirovsky Rural Okrug of

Kobyaysky District Kobyaysky District (russian: Кобяйский улу́с; sah, Кэбээйи улууһа, ''Kebeeyi uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus ...

in the

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, in addition to

Segyan-Kyuyol Segyan-Kyuyol (russian: Сегян-Кюёль; sah, Сиэгэн Күөл, ''Siegen Küöl'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Kirovsky Rural Okrug in Kobyaysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia.''Regist ...

, the

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of the Rural Okrug. It is located from Sangar, the administrative center of the district and from Segyan-Kyuyol. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 216.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''

Geography

Batamay is located near the confluence of the

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and the

Lena River The Lena (russian: Ле́на, ; evn, Елюенэ, ''Eljune''; sah, Өлүөнэ, ''Ölüöne''; bua, Зүлхэ, ''Zülkhe''; mn, Зүлгэ, ''Zülge'') is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean ...

, in the eastern part of the Central Yakutian Plain and south of the

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 lies on the right bank of the Kharyynka River, at its confluence with the Lena.География района (Geography of the region)
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Climate

Batamai has an extreme subarctic climate. (Köppen ''Dfd'', bordering on ''Dwd'') with extremely cold, long winters and short, warm summers.

References

Notes

Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Kobyaysky District
* Rural localities in Kobyaysky District Populated places on the Lena River Central Yakutian Lowland {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub