The Kelimyar (russian: Келимяр sah, Кэлимээр, ''Kelimeer'') is a river in
Yakutia (Sakha Republic),
Russia. It is a
tributary of the
Olenyok Olenyok or Olenek may refer to:
*Olenyok (river), a river in Russia
*Olenyok (rural locality), a rural locality (a ''selo'') in the Sakha Republic, Russia
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with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows north of the
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across a desolate area of
Bulunsky District devoid of settlements. The nearest inhabited places are
Taymylyr, located downstream from its confluence with the Olenyok, and
Sklad
Sklad or Tyumyati (russian: Тюмяти; sah, Тумат, ''Tumat'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Tumatsky Rural Okrug of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located ...
(Tyumyati), located a little upstream.
History
In 1875, during his third Siberian expedition,
Alexander Chekanovsky
Aleksander Piotr Czekanowski, or Aleksandr Lavrentyevich Chekanovsky (russian: Александр Лаврентьевич Чекановский, 24 February 1833 – 30 October 1876) was a Polish geologist and explorer of Siberia during his exile ...
intended to "go along the banks of the Lena to the mouth and, if possible, then go to the mouth of the
Olenyok Olenyok or Olenek may refer to:
*Olenyok (river), a river in Russia
*Olenyok (rural locality), a rural locality (a ''selo'') in the Sakha Republic, Russia
* Olenyok Airport, an airport in the same rural locality
* Olenyok Gulf, a gulf in the Laptev ...
from the Laptev Sea."
From a barge Chekanovsky navigated the Lena River for a distance of about from
Yakutsk to the mouth to the
Eyekit river, its last major left tributary. He explored inland from the deep and wide lower course of the Eyekit, and then along the rocky and mountainous watershed area lying between the Lena and the Olenyok, descending along the Kelimyar river to the Olenyok. In this way he discovered the roughly long ridge that bears his name. From the Kelimyar he traced the course of the Olenyok to its mouth.
Course
The Kelimyar is a right tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are in a small lake of the western slopes of the
Chekanovsky Ridge. It flows first in a roughly southern direction in its upper course, then it bends northwestwards heading in that direction within a low
floodplain with marshes and many small lakes. It
meanders strongly in stretches until it joins the right bank of the Olenyok river upstream of its mouth.
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Owing to the harshness of the climate the river is frozen between early October and early June.
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Tributaries
The longest tributaries of the Kelimyar are the long Muoykanda-Yurege and the long Khotugu-Muoykanda-Yurege from the right, as well as the long Nyoyokyu, the long Olongdo, the long Mene, the long Amyday, the long Bulungkaan-Yurege and the long Kystyk-Khaya-Yurege from the left.[
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See also
* List of rivers of Russia
References
External links
Fishing & Tourism in YakutiaBiofacies Analysis of Lower and Middle Jurassic Deposits of Siberia on Palynomorphs - map of the sections studied. (1) Kelimyar River
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Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Central Siberian Plateau
Tributaries of the Olenyok