The Buor-Yuryakh (russian: Буор-Юрях; sah, Буор-Үрэх, ''Buor-Ürex'') is a river in the
Sakha Republic (Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is the second largest tributary of the
Alazeya
The Alazeya ( rus, Алазея, r=; sah, Алаһыай, translit=Alahıay) is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia, Russia which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger Indigirka to the west and the Kolyma to the east.
Mou ...
. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The Buor-Yuryakh flows north of the
Arctic Circle, across desolate territories of the
Srednekolymsky District.
The name of the river comes from the
Yakut "Буор Үрэх" ''"Buor"'' = earth, clay / ''"Yurekh"'' = river.
Course
The Buor-Yuryakh is a right
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the Alazeya. It has its sources in the
Kolyma Lowland, off the southern foothills of the
Alazeya Plateau. The river flows across a
floodplain
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among numerous lakes forming
meander
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s all along its course.
It heads first in a roughly southeastward direction. South of the area of lake
Ilka it bends and turns east. Then it turns northeastwards to the east of the lake, bending again eastwards after a stretch, leaving lake
Balyma to the south. Finally the Buor-Yuryakh bends northwards to the west of lake
Nikolskoye and joins the Alazeya from its mouth.
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Tributaries
The main tributary of the Buor-Yuryakh is the long
Rassokha that joins its right bank before the confluence with the Alazeya. There are more than 2,100 lakes in the river basin. The Buor-Yuryakh is frozen between the first half of October and early June.
Буор-Юрях - nature.ykt
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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 Alazeya
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
East Siberian Lowland
Alazeya basin
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