The Buor-Yuryakh (russian: Буор-Юрях; sah, Буор-Үрэх) is a river in the
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is the second largest tributary of the
Chondon. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The Buor-Yuryakh flows north of the
Arctic Circle
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, across desolate territories of the
Ust-Yansky District
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.
The name of the river comes from the
Yakut "Буор Үрэх" ''"Buor"'' = earth, clay / ''"Yurekh"'' = river.
Course
The Buor-Yuryakh is a left
tributary
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of the Chondon. It has its sources in the northeastern slopes of the
Kyundyulyun
The Kyundyulyun ( rus, Кюндюлюн or Горы Кюндюлюн; sah, Күндүлүн) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest airport is Ust-Kuyga Airport, located in Ust-Yansky Distri ...
at the feet of hign Gory Krest mountain. The river flows roughly eastwards across a
floodplain
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among numerous lakes forming
meander
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s all along its course. Finally the Buor-Yuryakh joins the Chondon from its mouth.
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Tributaries
The main tributary of the Buor-Yuryakh is the long
Sakhsyr-Yuryege (Сахсыр-Юрэгэ) that joins its left bank before the confluence with the Chondon. There are more than 400 lakes in the river basin with a total area of . The Buor-Yuryakh is frozen between the end of September and early June.
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
Tributaries of the Chondon
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
East Siberian Lowland
Chondon basin
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