The Chyolomdzha (russian: Чёломджа; eve, Чаламдя) is a river in Magadan Oblast,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. It has a length of and a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

of . The Chyolomdzha is the longest tributary of the

Taui The Taui ( rus, Тауй), also known as Kava ( rus, Кава) part of its course, is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. It has a drainage basin of . The river is a spawning ground for salmon and is part of the Ma ...

(Kava) and flows across an uninhabited area, part of the Magadan Nature Reserve. The name of the river originated in the Even language.Leontyev V.V. , Novikova K.A. ''Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR'', USSR Academy of Sciences. Magadan, 1989 - p. 409 - ISBN 5-7581-0044-7

Course

The source of the Chyolomdzha is in 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 ...

. The river heads in a roughly southern direction, flowing fast across mountainous terrain, then it turns to the southeast descending into a

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

where it slows down and splits into multiple sleeves, while the channels form meanders. Finally the Chyolomdzha joins the left bank of the

in the wide Kava-Taui Plain, from its mouth in the Sea of Okhotsk. Google EarthTaui - Water of Russia
/ref> The river freezes yearly between early October and late May. Its main tributary is the long Burgagylkan (Бургагылкан), joining its left bank in the lower course.

Fauna

Different species of salmonids live in the waters of the Chyolomdzha, including chum salmon, malma,

coho salmon The coho salmon (''Oncorhynchus kisutch;'' Karuk: achvuun) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (biology), family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon or "silvers". The scientif ...

and

kundzha ''Salvelinus leucomaenis'', the whitespotted char, is an East Asian trout in the genus ''Salvelinus'', called ''iwana'' in Japanese and ''kundzha'' (кунджа) in Russian. Both landlocked and ocean-run forms occur. The landlocked form typical ...

, as well as grayling. The banks of the river provide a habitat for the

Blakiston's fish owl Blakiston's fish owl (''Bubo blakistoni''), the largest living species of owl, is a fish owl, a sub-group of eagle-owls which specialize in hunting in riparian areas. It is native to China, Japan, and the Russian Far East. This species is a par ...

, an endangered species.Успешное гнездование рыбного филина в Магаданском заповеднике
(in Russian)

References

External links

Floating Tours Down The Rivers of Magadan RegionKolyma - Modern Guidebook to Magadan Oblast
Rivers of Magadan Oblast Drainage basins of the Sea of Okhotsk {{Russia-river-stub

Course

Fauna

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