The Buyunda (russian: Буюнда) is a river in
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...
,
Russian Far East
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. It is a right tributary of the
Kolyma
Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River an ...
, with a length of and a
drainage basin
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of .
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Together with the
Seymchan that flows roughly southwards on the facing bank of the Kolyma basin, the Buyunda forms the
Seymchan-Buyunda Depression, which limits the
Upper Kolyma Highlands
The Upper Kolyma Highlands ( rus, Верхнеколымское нагорье) is a highland area in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The biggest town in the highlands is Susuman.
There are large deposits of gold, tin and ...
from the east.
The name of the Buyunda originated in the
Evenki language, meaning "where there are wild deer".
Course
The Buyunda is the seventh longest tributary of the Kolyma. It has its sources in the
Kilgan Massif and heads roughly northwards across the mountainous area of the
Maymandzhin Range
The Maymandzhin Range ( rus, Майманджинский хребет) is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Google Earth . After entering the depression it meanders strongly across a wide and marshy
floodplain
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, its main channel dividing into branches. Finally the river joins the right bank of the
Kolyma
Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River an ...
from its mouth. Its confluence with the Kolyma is 100 km below the
Ust-Srednekan Hydroelectric Station.
Seymchan settlement and the mouth of river
Seymchan are located further downstream on the facing bank.
The river is frozen between late October and late May. The main tributaries of the Buyunda are the Bolshaya Kupka and lower Elgen from the right and the upper Elgen, Talaya, Khurchan and Gerba from the left.
[ There are over 1,550 lakes in the basin of the river.]
Fauna
Loach
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, grayling, whitefish, burbot
The burbot (''Lota lota'') is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish
Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments di ...
and lenok
Lenoks, otherwise known as Asiatic trout or Manchurian trout,James Card: Fly fishing in South Korea.' Retrieved 22 June 2015. are salmonid fish of the genus ''Brachymystax'', native to rivers and lakes in Mongolia, Kazakhstan, wider Siberia (incl ...
are the main fish species found in the waters of the Buyunda.
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 drained into ...
References
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External links
Picture of the BuyundaKolyma - Modern Guidebook to Magadan Oblast
Detail of the Buyunda fan and the fault trace across itResearchGate - The Ulakhan fault in the Magadan and Yakutsk regions
Rivers of Magadan Oblast