The Chondon ( rus, Чондон; sah, Чондоон) is a river in

Ust-Yansky District Ust-Yansky District (russian: Усть-Я́нский улу́с; sah, Усуйаана улууһа, ''Usuyaana uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), o ...

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

(Yakutia),

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. It is long, with a

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of . The Chondon

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was discovered in 2013 in the Chondon basin, at the feet of the

Polousny Range The Polousny Range ( rus, Полоусный кряж; sah, Полоуснай томтороот) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Полоусный кряж (Polousny Range) / Great Soviet Encyclo ...

, 66 km south-west of the village of Tumat. It had died at the age of 47 to 50 years.Всё о мамонтах (All about Mammoths)
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Course

The river begins in the northern slopes of the

Selennyakh Range The Selennyakh Range (russian: Селенняхский хребет, ''Selennyakhsky Khrebet''; sah, Силээннээх) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russ ...

at an elevation of . It flows roughly northwards west of the

Yana River The Yana ( rus, Я́на, p=ˈjanə; sah, Дьааҥы, ''Caañı'') is a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. Course It is long, and its drainage basin covers . Including its longest ...

across the

Yana-Indigirka Lowland The Yana-Indigirka Lowland (russian: Яно-Индигирская низменность; sah, Дьааҥы - Индигир намтала) is a large, low alluvial plain located in northern Siberia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Admini ...

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ing strongly among marshy areas and lakes. In its lower course it flows parallel to the Sellyakh in the east.''Chondon'' //

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Yarok Island Yarok Island (russian: остров Ярок) is a coastal island in the Laptev Sea, a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. The island is located off the mouths of the Chondon, east of the Yana river. Administratively, Yarok Island is part of Ust-Ya ...

lies across its mouth, in the Chondon Bay, by the

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of the

Laptev Sea The Laptev Sea ( rus, мо́ре Ла́птевых, r=more Laptevykh; sah, Лаптевтар байҕаллара, translit=Laptevtar baỹğallara) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, th ...

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There are over 6,600 lakes in the Chondon basin, with a total area of . The river freezes yearly between early October and early June.

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Chondon are the long

Buor-Yuryakh The Buor-Yuryakh (russian: Буор-Юрях; sah, Буор-Үрэх) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the second largest tributary of the Alazeya. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Buor-Yury ...

, with its source in the

Kyundyulyun The Kyundyulyun ( rus, Кюндюлюн or Горы Кюндюлюн; sah, Күндүлүн) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest airport is Ust-Kuyga Airport, located in Ust-Yansky Distri ...

, from the left, as well as the long Ygaanna (Ыгаанньа), the long Dodomo and the long

Nuchcha The Nuchcha or Nuuchcha (russian: Нучча; sah, Нуучча) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the longest tributary of the Chondon. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Nuchcha flows north ...

(Нучча) from the right.

Fauna

Among the fish species found in the river,

muksun The muksun ''(Coregonus muksun)'' is a type of whitefish widespread in the Siberian Arctic waters. It is mostly found in the freshened areas of the Kara and Laptev Seas and up the major rivers, as well as in Lake Taymyr. Like all whitefishes, i ...

nelma ''Stenodus nelma'', known alternatively as the nelma, sheefish, siifish, inconnu or connie, is a commercial species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is widespread in the Arctic rivers from the Kola Peninsula (White Sea basin) ...

omul The omul, ''Coregonus migratorius'', also known as Baikal omul (russian: байкальский омуль), is a whitefish species of the salmon family endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is considered a delicacy and is the object of ...

and vendace deserve mention.Water of Russia - Чондон
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References

Rivers of the Sakha Republic {{Russia-river-stub

Course

Tributaries

Fauna

See also

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