The Khastakh or Tuora-Yuryakh (russian: Хастах; sah, Хаастаах, ''Xaastaax'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia),

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. It is one of the two tributaries giving origin to the Indigirka. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The upper stretch of its course is also known as Khalkan. The river flows south of the Arctic Circle, across desolate

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territories of the

Oymyakonsky District Oymyakonsky District (russian: Оймяко́нский улу́с; sah, Өймөкөөн улууһа, ''Öymököön uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus'' ...

marked by mountainous terrain and permafrost.

Course

The Khastakh is a left

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of the Indigirka. It has its sources in the southern slopes of the Khalkan Range (Халканский хребет), a subrange of the

Suntar-Khayata Suntar-Khayata Range (russian: Сунтар-Хаята, sah, Сунтаар Хайата) is a granite mountain range rising along the border of the Sakha Republic in the north with Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai in the south. The R504 Kolyma ...

, by the border with

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of Khabarovsk Krai. The river flows roughly in a northern direction into a basin of the

Yana-Oymyakon Highlands The Yana-Oymyakon Highlands ( rus, Яно-Оймяконское нагорье; sah, Дьааҥы хаптал хайалара), also known as Oymyakon Highlands ( rus, Оймяконское нагорье),Soviet General Topographic Maps P-5 ...

filled with lakes where it

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s and divides into multiple channels. Finally the river joins the Taryn-Yuryakh flowing from the right to form the head of the Indigirka from its mouth. The total length of the Indigirka counting the Khastakh is . Google EarthIndigirka
in the

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Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Khastakh are the long Buor-Yuryakh on the right, as well as the long Burgachen and the long Labynkyr on the left. The river is frozen between the beginning of October and the end of May. There are more than 1,900 lakes in its basin with a total area of .Халкан - nature.ykt
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Fishing & Tourism in YakutiaРека Индигирка – поток среди вечной мерзлоты
Tributaries of the Indigirka Rivers of the Sakha Republic Suntar-Khayata {{Russia-river-stub

Course

Tributaries

See also

References

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