The Kele (russian: Келе; sah, Кэлэ) is a river in the Sakha Republic (

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, a right tributary of the

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, part of the

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basin. The Kele has a length of and a drainage basin area of . There are no settlements in the area of the river. The nearest village is Segyan-Kyuyol to the west, in the

Tumara The Tumara (russian: Тумара; sah, Тумара) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. It flows across an area that is largely desolate, except for Segyan-Kyuyol village. ...

basin. Google Earth

Course

The Kele originates in a small lake () in the slopes of the southwestern

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 ...

. In the upper section of its course the river flows across mountainous terrain, heading roughly southwestwards in a narrow valley bound by the

Munni Range The Munni Range (russian: Муннийский Хребет; sah, Мунньи сис) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation. Geography The Munni Range ...

on the western and the Sordogin Range on the eastern side. There are seven

ice field An ice field (also spelled icefield) is a mass of interconnected valley glaciers (also called mountain glaciers or alpine glaciers) on a mountain mass with protruding rock ridges or summits. They are often found in the colder climates and highe ...

s in the river basin with a total area of . After leaving the mountainous area the Kele flows roughly in the same direction in its middle and lower course. It

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex ba ...

s across 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 ...

dotted with about 900 lakes where the riverbed divides into slowly-flowing arms. Finally the Kele meets the right bank of the Aldan River, a little upstream from the mouth of the

and downstream of the

Tukulan Tukulans ( rus, Тукуланы; sah, Тукулаан) are relief forms shaped by aeolian processes of the Central Yakutian Lowland, Yakutia, Russian Federation. They are sand dunes of a characteristic type mainly found along the valley of th ...

.1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-6
/ref>Aldan - Water of Russia
/ref> The river freezes between mid October and mid May. The Kele's main tributary is the long Eyeges (Эйэгес), having its source in the

Kelter Range The Kelter Range (russian: Кельтерский Хребет; sah, Кэлтэр сис) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation. The area of the range i ...

and joining it from the right side.Nature.ykt
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Course

See also

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