The Byoryolyokh (russian: Бёрёлёх) 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 ...
,
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. It is a left tributary of the
Ayan-Yuryakh
The Ayan-Yuryakh is a river in the Magadan Oblast of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Kolyma river, which forms at the confluence of the Ayan-Yuryakh and the Kulu.
Course
The source of the river is in the Khalkan Range.
The river flows ...
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 frozen ...
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
Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski (russian: Иван Дементьевич Черский; 3 May 1845, in Swolna – 25 June 1892, nr. Kolyma) was a Polish paleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia.
He was ex ...
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
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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
Magadan ( rus, Магадан, p=məɡɐˈdan) is a port town and the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Sea of Okhotsk in Nagayev Bay (within Taui Bay) and serving as a gateway to the Kolyma region.
History
Maga ...
, 1980. - pp. 25-27.
Course
The Byoryolyokh has its sources at the northern end of the
Okhandya Range
The Okhandya Range ( rus, Охандя or Оханджа) is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest airfield is Susuman Airport.
The name of the range originated in the Even language. Geography
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and heads southwards below the western slopes of the range.
After passing by
Susuman
Susuman (russian: Сусума́н) is a town and the administrative center of Susumansky District in Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Byoryolyokh River, northwest of Magadan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
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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
Susuman (russian: Сусума́н) is a town and the administrative center of Susumansky District in Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Byoryolyokh River, northwest of Magadan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
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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
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References
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Rivers of Magadan Oblast
Tributaries of the Kolyma
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