The Khorbusuonka (russian: Хорбусуонка) is a river in

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of the

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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 lonely, desolate area of Bulunsky District devoid of settlements.

Course

The Khorbusuonka is a right tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are in the southern part of the Kystyk Plateau, located southwest of the Chekanovsky Ridge. It flows first in an ESE direction, then it bends and flows roughly northwards, still within the plateau. Its channel is winding within a wide valley in the Kystyk Plateau area. In its very last stretch the river descends to the Olenyok

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, where there are a few lakes right by the great river to the south of the

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. Finally the Khorbusuonka joins the right bank of the

river upstream of its mouth. The confluence is only upstream from the mouth of the

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Owing to the harshness of the climate the river is frozen most of the year. It stays under ice between early October and early June. Its longest tributaries are the long Nykaabyt (Ньыкаабыт), the long Syyrdaakh-Yurege (Сыырдаах-Юрэгэ), the long Khorbusuonkachaan, the long Yuyosee-Yuyoteekh (Юёсээ-Юёттээх) and the long Khatyspyt from the right, as well as the long Anabyl (Анабыл) and the long Mattaya from the left.

Flora and fauna

The river basin is dominated by

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with sparse larch forest and some

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thickets by the riverside in wide valleys. Since the area is uninhabited, deer are numerous and fearless. The main fish species in the waters is lenok.р. Хорбусуонка, приток р. Оленек
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References

External links

Р. Хорбусуонка, приток р. Оленек. 06.07.2006 - Picture of the river
{{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of the Sakha Republic North Siberian Lowland Tributaries of the Olenyok

Course

Flora and fauna

See also

References

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