The Selennyakh (russian: Селеннях; sah, Силээннээх, translit=Sileenneex) is a river in
Sakha Republic,
Russia
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. It is a left
tributary
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of the
Indigirka.
The length of the river is . The area of its drainage basin is .
Course
It originates in the north-west of the
Chersky Range
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. The river flows southeastwards through the Moma-Selennyakh Depression which is bound in this area by the
Burkat and
Khadaranya ranges, and in the east by the
Selennyakh Range
The Selennyakh Range (russian: Селенняхский хребет, ''Selennyakhsky Khrebet''; sah, Силээннээх) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russ ...
, then the river flows across 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 ...
, where
Sayylyk, the only inhabited place of its basin is found.
In its middle course the Selennyakh makes a wide bend northeastwards and then flows across the
Aby Lowland
The Aby Lowland (russian: Абыйская низменность; sah, Абый Намтала, translit=Abıy Namtala) is a low alluvial plain located in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the te ...
in a roughly eastern direction until it reaches the left bank of the Indigirka. The Selennyakh is frozen between October and May.
Article
in Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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According to the State Water Register of Russia, it is a part of the Lena
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basin district.[ The average annual discharge in the mouth is .
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References
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External links
Geography - Yakutia Organized
Rivers of the Sakha Republic