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(Sakha Republic) and

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. It is the fourth longest

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of the

Arga-Sala The Arga-Sala (russian: Арга-Сала; sah, Арҕаа Салаа) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic) and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is the largest tributary of the Olenyok with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river basi ...

, of the

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basin, and has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river and its tributaries flow across uninhabited areas. The nearest settlement is

village,

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, located to the east of its mouth.

Course

The Kyuyonelikeen is the largest right tributary of the Arga-Sala. Its sources are in the

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. The river flows roughly westwards in its uppermost section, then it bends and flows northwards or northwestwards all along its course. before its mouth it is joined by the Alyylaakh, a tributary flowing from the west which is almost as long as the Kyuyonelikeen itself. Finally it joins the right bank of the

river downstream of the mouth of the

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, from its mouth in the

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Tributaries

Its main tributaries are the long Alyylaakh (Алыылаах) and the long Khapchaannaakh (Хапчааннаах) from the left, as well as the long Chuostaakh (Чуостаах) from the right.

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Course

Tributaries

See also

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