The Menkere (russian: Мэнкэрэ; sah, Мэҥкэрэ) is a river in
Sakha Republic (Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is one of the major tributaries of the
Lena
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. The river has a length of — together with the Syncha— and a drainage basin area of .
The Menkere flows across desolate territories of
Zhigansky District
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Course
The Menkere is a right tributary
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of the Lena. It is formed on the western slopes of the Orulgan Range of the Verkhoyansk Range
The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...
system, at the confluence of two long mountain rivers, the long Syncha and the long Nyoloon.[Orulgan (mountains)](_blank)
/ Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. It flows first roughly westwards. After leaving the mountains it heads southwestwards into the Central Yakutian Lowland
The Central Yakutian LowlandJohn Kimble (ed.), ''Cryosols: Permafrost-Affected Soils'' or Central Yakutian Lowlands (russian: Центральноякутская равнина; sah, Саха сирин ортоку намтала), also known as ...
, forming meander
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s in the flat permafrost floodplain. After a stretch it bends and flows roughly northwestwards. Finally it bends again and heads westwards for a stretch until it joins the right bank of the Lena from its mouth, near the mouth of the Motorchuna in the opposite bank.[Water of Russia - Мэнкэрэ]
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The longest tributary of the Menkere is the long Dyuyogyesinde from the left.[ By the river are ]ice field
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s with total area of . The last half of the river course describes a wide, roughly semicircular, arch around the southern area of Ulakhan-Kyuel
Ulakhan-Kyuel, also spelled as ''Ulakhan-Kyuyel'' or ''Ulakhan-Kyuyol'' (russian: Улахан кюэль, Улахан Кюель or Улахан-Кюёль; sah, Улахан Күөл, ''Ulaxan Küöl'') is a lake in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia ...
lake.[ Google Earth]
Fauna
Among the fish species found in the waters of the Menkere lenok
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, pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
, grayling and taimen
Siberian taimen (''Hucho taimen''), also known as the common taimen (russian: Обыкнове́нный тайме́нь, Obyknovénnyĭ taĭménʹ), Siberian giant trout or Siberian salmon, is a species of salmon-like ray-finned fish from the ...
are worth mentioning.[Охота на «речного тигра». река Мэҥкэрэ Якутия]
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
Fishing & Tourism in YakutiaПутешествие на Мэнкэрэ в поиске новых мест!
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland
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