The Tamma (russian: Тамма; sah, Тамма) is a river in

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 Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. It is a tributary of the

Lena Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in � ...

with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Tamma is the largest river of

Megino-Kangalassky District Megino-Kangalassky District (russian: Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; sah, Мэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Menge Khangalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and munici ...

. The villages of

Darkylakh Darkylakh (russian: Даркылах; sah, Даркылаах, ''Darkılaax'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Chyamayykinsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakh ...

and

Khaptagay Khaptagay ( rus, Хаптагай; sah, Хаптаҕай, ''Xaptağay'', lit. ''flat'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Khaptagaysky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the ...

are located by the river.

Course

The Tamma 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 drainage ...

of the Lena. It is formed on the Sellyakait-Sella Ridge (Кряж Селлякаит-Селля), at the confluence of the Konyo-Daban and Ilin-Daban rivers in the Lena Plateau, between the Lena and the Amga. It heads in a roughly northwestern direction parallel to the Menda in its upper and middle course. It flows mostly across Megino-Kangalassky District but in one stretch it forms the border between this district and

Khangalassky District Khangalassky District (russian: Хангала́сский улу́с; sah, Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Xaŋalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raio ...

. There are a few small lakes in the lower course of the river, part of the neighboring Lena

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 ...

. Finally it meets the Khaptagay arm of the Lena from its source near the village of

, south of

Yakutsk Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of ...

Google Earth Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and geog ...

The largest tributary of the Tamma is the long Khompu from the right. The river freezes between October and May.

References

External links

*
Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
{{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of the Sakha Republic

Course

See also

References

External links