The Kalakan (russian: Калакан) is a river in

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, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

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The Kalakan gives its name to the Kalakan Range, as well as to the Kalakan Depression.Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Kalakan Depression
/ref> The Kalakan river is a destination for

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Taimen Siberian taimen (''Hucho taimen''), also known as the common taimen (russian: Обыкнове́нный тайме́нь, Obyknovénnyĭ taĭménʹ), Siberian giant trout or Siberian salmon, is a species of salmon-like ray-finned fish from the ...

and

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are among the fish species found in the river.

Course

The Kalakan is a right tributary of the

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. Its sources are in the

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, at the eastern edge of the

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, where it flows first to the north. After a short distance it bends to the left and flows in a WSW direction along the feet of the

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, which separates it from the course of the Kalar to the north.Kalakan
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:'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.Калакан - Water of Russia
/ref> The Kalakan Range rises above the left bank of the river. There are up to wide

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sections, as well as branched-

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sections in the lower course of the Kalakan. Finally the Kalakan meets the Vitim at the

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n border from the Vitim's mouth in the

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. The longest tributary of the Kalakan is the long Tundak on the left and the long Usmun on the right. The river is frozen between mid October and mid May. There are 96 lakes with a total area of in the basin of the Kalakan. The area is marked by

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.Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Kalakan
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References

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Rivers of Zabaykalsky Krai {{Russia-river-stub