The Nuchcha or Nuuchcha (russian: Нучча; sah, Нуучча) is a river in the
Sakha Republic (Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is the longest tributary of the
Chondon. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The Nuchcha flows north of the
Arctic Circle, across desolate territories of the
Ust-Yansky District
Ust-Yansky District (russian: Усть-Я́нский улу́с; sah, Усуйаана улууһа, ''Usuyaana uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), o ...
. An abandoned village named "Batagay" was located by the riverside in its lower course.
A 2021
Yakut fictional film
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which received and award at the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was named Nuuchcha.
Course
The Nuchcha is a right
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the Chondon. It has its sources in the northern slopes of the
Kyun-Tas
Kyun-Tas ( rus, Кюн-Тас; sah, Күн Таас) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.
The Kyun-Tas is one of the mountain areas of Yakutia where there are kigilyakh rock formations.
Geography
The ...
range. The river flows roughly northwards within a valley. After it leaves the mountainous terrain it heads across the
Yana-Indigirka Lowland
The Yana-Indigirka Lowland (russian: Яно-Индигирская низменность; sah, Дьааҥы - Индигир намтала) is a large, low alluvial plain located in northern Siberia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.
Admini ...
floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
to the southwest of the
Sellyakh. It flows slowly through flat terrain where it
meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex ba ...
s very strongly among numerous lakes. Finally the river joins the Chondon from its mouth.
Tumat, the nearest inhabited place, is located nearly upstream of the confluence.
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Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Nuchcha are the long
Bylaat-Yurege (Былаат-Юрэгэ) and the long Buruuchaan-Yurege (Буруучаан-Юрюйэ) on the right, as well as the long Ekechan (Экэчан) on the left. The river is frozen between the beginning of October and the beginning of June. There are more than 1,300 lakes in its basin.
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drain ...
References
External links
Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
Tributaries of the Chondon
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
East Siberian Lowland
Chondon basin
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