The Byosyuke (russian: Бёсюке; sah, Бөөһүкэ) is a river in the
Sakha Republic (Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is one of the northernmost tributaries of the
Lena
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. The river has a length of — from the source of the Sakhandya— and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows north of the
Arctic Circle across desolate areas of
Bulunsky District
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. The nearest inhabited place is
Kyusyur
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, located on the banks of the Lena, over northeast of its mouth.
The Byosyuke is a destination for
game fishing
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tours.
Course
The Byosyuke is a right
tributary
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of the Lena. It has its origin on the western flank of the northern end of the
Orulgan Range
The Orulgan Range (russian: Орулган; sah, Орулҕан) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation. ,
Verkhoyansk Range
The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...
system. The Byosyuke is formed at the confluence of the Meychan and Sakhandya rivers. It flows roughly northwestwards, parallel to the
Tikyan, skirting the northern limit of the
Dzhardzhan Range and descending into a
floodplain
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in its middle course. Towards the end it bends westwards and then southwestwards, forking into two in its last stretch and joining the right bank of the Lena from its mouth.
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The longest tributary of the Byosyuke is the long Meychan (Мэйчээн) from the right.
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
TAIMEN FISHING, Якутия, река Бесюке, 2016г. YAKUTIA, fishing BESYUKE RIVER, 2016
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland
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