The Chechuy (russian: Чечуй) is a river in
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...
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Russia
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. It is a tributary of the
Lena
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with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows across an uninhabited area of the
Kirensky District
Kirensky District (russian: Ки́ренский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13 Municipally, it is incorporated as Kirensky Municipal Di ...
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Puschino
Pushchino ( rus, Пущино, p=ˈpuɕːɪnə) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, an important scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Situated south of Moscow, and 13 km south-east of Serpukhov, on the right side of the ...
village is located by the right bank, near the confluence with the Lena and there are other villages in the area, close to the Lena's shore.
History
Between 1909 and 1911 the North Baikal Highlands were explored by Russian geologist
Pavel Preobrazhensky
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(1874 - 1944). He surveyed the river valleys of the area, all of them tributaries of the Lena basin, including the Chechuy.
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Course
The Chechuy is a right tributary
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of the Lena. It has its sources in the Akitkan Range
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of the North Baikal Highlands
The North Baikal Highlands ( rus, Северо-Байкальское нагорье; bua, Хойто-Байгалай хадалиг газар) . It heads first northwestwards across the mountain area. Approximately in mid course, the river turns to the NNE and flows roughly in that direction until it reaches the Lena. Finally it meets the right bank of the Lena from its mouth, near Puschino, a little downstream from Zolotoy, and downstream from the mouth of the Pilyuda
The Pilyuda (russian: Пилюда) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
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Tributaries
The largest tributaries of the Chechuy are the long Lower Rassokha
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(Нижняя Рассоха) and the long Middle Rassokha
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(Средняя Рассоха) that join it from the right. The river freezes yearly between October and May.[
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
Chechuy At Pushchino
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Rivers of Irkutsk Oblast