The Beyenchime (russian: Беенчиме sah, Бэйэнчимэ) is a river in

Yakutia 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 E ...

(Sakha Republic),

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. It is a

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of the Olenyok with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of the

Olenyoksky District Olenyoksky District (russian: Оленёкский улу́с; sah, Өлөөн улууһа, ''Ölöön uluuha'', ), or Olenyoksky-Evenki National District, is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III di ...

devoid of settlements. The Beyenchime- Udzha interfluve is an area where

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s are found.

Course

The Beyenchime is a left tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are at the limit of the

Northern 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 ...

, in the vicinity of the sources of the

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and the

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, ...

. It flows roughly eastwards to the south of the

and to the north of the

Kuoika The Kuoyka or Kuoika (russian: Куойка; sah, Куойка) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russian Federation. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Kuoyka flows north of the Arctic C ...

. To the south and southwest of its middle course there is a large area dotted with lakes. In its last stretch the Beyenchime turns into 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 Gre ...

and heads in a SSE direction until its mouth in the Olenyok, from its mouth. Google Earth The river is frozen between early October and late May and may cause floods in the summer. Its main tributaries are the long Beyemchikeen (Бэйэмчикээн) and the long Beyenchime Salaata (Бэйэнчимэ-Салаата) from the left. There is an

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crater south of the lower course of the Beyenchime Salaata.Beenchime Salaatinsky crater in northern Yakutia - origin and late quaternary records in the 8-km circular structure
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Fishing & Tourism in YakutiaCrater Taphonomy and Bombardment Rates in the Phanerozoic
{{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of the Sakha Republic North Siberian Lowland Tributaries of the Olenyok

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