The Khroma Bay (russian: Хромская губа, ''Khromskaya Guba'') is a bay in the East Siberian Sea, part of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) administrative division of the

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. Owing to is northerly location the bay is covered with ice most of the year.

Geography

The bay lies west of the

Sundrun River The Sundrun (russian: Сундрун) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Course It has its sources in the Ulakhan-Sis Range and flows roughly northeastwards across the ...

region and east of the

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. It is open to the northeast through a narrow and straight channel and is in length. Its maximum width is about and it has a branch or inlet extending northwards midway between its mouth and its most inland shore point. The Omullyakh Bay lies north of the bay and shares the same mouth.

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This bay is in the shores of the East Siberian Lowland, an area of wetlands; lakes and marshes dot the whole landscape. The long

Khroma The Khroma (russian: Хрома) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Course The source of the Khroma is at the confluence of the Tamteken and the Nemalak-Arangas, flowi ...

and the long Lapcha flow into the head of the bay from the south.

Fauna

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s were common in this region during the

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period. In the summer the bay is a breeding and molting area for the

lesser white-fronted goose The lesser white-fronted goose (''Anser erythropus'') is a goose closely related to the larger white-fronted goose (''A. albifrons''). It breeds in the northernmost Palearctic, but it is a scarce breeder in Europe. There is a re-introduction sc ...

.Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project
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Wetlands
Bays of the Sakha Republic Bays of the East Siberian Sea East Siberian Lowland {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub