The Suolama (russian: Суолема, ''Suolema''; sah, Суолама) is a river in
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...
and
Yakutia
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...
(Sakha Republic),
Russia
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. It is a
tributary
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of the
Anabar Anabar may refer to:
* Anabar Bay, Laptev Sea
* Anabar Constituency, Nauru
* Anabar District, Nauru
* Anabar District, Russia, Sakha, Russia
* Anabar Highway, Russia
* Anabar Plateau, Russia
* Anabar (river), Sakha, Russia
* Anabar Shield
An ...
with a length of . Its drainage basin area is .
The river flows north of the
Arctic Circle
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, from the
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District (russian: Таймы́рский Долга́но-Не́нецкий райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #2-54 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia ...
of
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...
eastwards into the northwestern limit of coastal Yakutia. It is an area of
permafrost
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, flat, lonely and desolate, devoid of settlements. The nearest inhabited place is
Yuryung-Khaya
Yuryung-Khaya (russian: Юрюнг-Хая, sah, Үрүҥ Хайа ''Ürüŋ xaya'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Yuryung-Khainsky National (Dolgan) Rural Okrug of Anabarsky Dist ...
.
Course
The Suolama is a left tributary of the Anabar. Its sources are in the southeastern corner of fairly large
Kieng-Kyuel lake of the
North Siberian Lowland
The North Siberian Lowland (russian: Северо-Сибирская низменность; sah, Хотугу Сибиир намтала), also known as Taymyr Lowland (Таймырская низменность), is a plain with a relatively ...
. It heads roughly eastwards / northeastwards all along its course within a swampy area with numerous lakes. Finally it joins the left bank of the
Anabar Anabar may refer to:
* Anabar Bay, Laptev Sea
* Anabar Constituency, Nauru
* Anabar District, Nauru
* Anabar District, Russia, Sakha, Russia
* Anabar Highway, Russia
* Anabar Plateau, Russia
* Anabar (river), Sakha, Russia
* Anabar Shield
An ...
only from its mouth. The confluence is just a little upstream of
Anabar Bay
Anabar Bay ( rus, Анабарский залив, r=Anabarskiy Zaliv; sah, Анаабыр хомото, translit=Anaabır Qomoto) is a gulf in the Laptev Sea. Lat 74° 30' and long 113° 15'. It stretches between the eastern cape off the mouth o ...
.
Google Earth
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The river is fed by rain and snow. Owing to the severe climate it is frozen between late September and early June. The longest tributaries are the long
Lastik (Ластик) and the long
Poperechnaya (Поперечная) from the right.
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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 drained into ...
References
External links
Schematic map of ancient terrains and kimberlitic fields in the Siberian craton
{{Portal bar, Russia
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
North Siberian Lowland