The Khatyngnakh (russian: Хатынгнах; sah, Хатыҥнаах, ''Xatıŋnaax''), or Khatynnakh (Хатыннах), is a river in the
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is the longest tributary of the
Uyandina
The Uyandina (russian: Уяндина; sah, Уйаандьы, translit=Uyaancı) is a river in Yakutia, Russia, a tributary of the Indigirka. The length of the Uyandina is . The area of its drainage basin is .
Course
The river is formed by the ...
. The river has a length of — together with the
Donskaya— and a drainage basin area of .
The Khatyngnakh is fed by snow and rain. It flows north of the
Arctic Circle
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, across desolate territories of the
Aby District
Abyysky District (russian: Абы́йский улу́с; sah, Абый улууһа, ''Abyy uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one o ...
.
Course
The Khatyngnakh is a left
tributary
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of the Uyandina. It is formed by the confluence of the long Donskaya from the left and the long 2nd Nonchondzhya (2-я Нонгонджя) from the right, both rivers having their sources in the southern slopes of the
Polousny Range
The Polousny Range ( rus, Полоусный кряж; sah, Полоуснай томтороот) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Полоусный кряж (Polousny Range) / Great Soviet Encyclo ...
range.
The Khatyngnakh flows meandering roughly southwards across a vast
floodplain
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in the northern sector of the
Aby Lowland
The Aby Lowland (russian: Абыйская низменность; sah, Абый Намтала, translit=Abıy Namtala) is a low alluvial plain located in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the t ...
, where there are innumerable lakes and swamps. Finally the river joins the left bank of the Uyandina from its mouth in the
Indigirka
The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana (river), Yana to the west and the Kolyma River, Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its ...
.
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Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Khatyngnakh are the long
Esterikteekh (Эстэриктээх), the long Ryumkalaakh (Рюмкалаах) and the long Bysagyrdaakh (Бысагырдаах) on the right, as well as the long
Mekchirge (Мэкчиргэ) and the long Kirdik (Кирдик) on the left. The river is frozen between the beginning of October and the beginning of June. There are more than 1,500 lakes in its basin with a total area of .
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, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov
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. - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-197
See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
East Siberian Lowland
Indigirka basin
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