The Byoryolyokh (russian: Бёрёлёх) is a river in
Magadan Oblast,
Russian Federation
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. It is a left tributary of the
Ayan-Yuryakh of the
Kolyma river
The Kolyma ( rus, Колыма, p=kəlɨˈma; sah, Халыма, translit=Khalyma) is a river in northeastern Siberia, whose basin covers parts of the Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and Magadan Oblast of Russia.
The Kolyma is fro ...
basin.
The name of the river is based on the
Yakut word ''"Börölöökh"'' (Бөрөлөөх), referring to a place where there are
wolves
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.
History
The Byoryolyokh was first put on the map in 1891 by
Ivan Chersky and for almost four decades it was thought that it was one of the rivers whose confluence formed the Kolyma. However, after a more thorough survey of the region carried out by
Sergei Obruchev in 1929 it was established that the two rivers forming the Kolyma are the Ayan-Yuryakh and the
Kulu.
[ B.G. Shcherbinin, V.V. Leont'ev. ''Where geologists have gone''/ V. F. Bely, G. L. Maltsev & K. A. Novikova - reviewers - Magadan Book Publishing House Magadan, 1980. - pp. 25-27.]
Course
The Byoryolyokh has its sources at the northern end of the
Okhandya Range and heads southwards below the western slopes of the range.
After passing by
Susuman it heads roughly southwestwards and finally it meets the Ayan-Yuryakh shortly upstream from its confluence with the Kulu.
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The river flows across 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 ...
and is fed primarily by rain and snow. Many stretches freeze to the bottom in the winter. The tributaries of the Byoryolyokh are mostly short. Some of the main ones are the long
Burgandya, the long
Taboga, the long
Malyk-Siena flowing from
Lake Malyk, the long
Susuman and the long
Sylgybystakh from the left, as well as the long
Chay-Yuryue from the right.
See also
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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
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Rivers of Magadan Oblast
Tributaries of the Kolyma
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