The Nuora (russian: Нуора or "Нуорда"
[ —now obsolete), also known as Strekalovka (russian: Стрекаловка) is a river in ]Yakutia
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(Sakha Republic), Russia
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. It is a left tributary
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of the Lena
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with a length of . Its drainage basin area is .Zhigansky District
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and has its mouth by Zhigansk
Zhigansk (russian: Жига́нск; sah, Эдьигээн, ''Ecigeen'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Zhigansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lena River near where i ...
, the district capital.
Course
The Nuora is a minor left tributary of the Lena. It has its sources in an area of lakes, the largest of which is Lake Taryn (Озеро Тарын), in the northern area of the Central Yakutian Lowland
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/ref> It is formed at the confluence of two small rivers, the long Aly-Nuora and the long Bestyakh-Nuora. It flows in a roughly northeastern direction forming meander
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s in the floodplain
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to the south of the Khoruongka
The Khoruongka (russian: Хоруонгка, sah, Хоруоҥка, ''Xoruoŋka'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a left tributary of the Lena. Its length is and the area of its basin is . The Khoruongka flows across ...
. Finally it meets the left bank of the Lena at Zhigansk, from its mouth.[ Google Earth]
The river is fed by rain and snow. It freezes in mid-October and stays under ice until late May or early June. Its main tributaries are the long Bestyakh-Nuora from the right and the long Povarnya from the left.[
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
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Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Central Yakutian Lowland