The Tompo (russian: Томпо) is a river in the Sakha Republic (

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, a right tributary of the

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, part of the

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basin. River Tompo gives its name to the

Tompo District Tomponsky District (russian: Томпонский улу́с; sah, Томпо улууһа, ''Tompo uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty ...

. It flows across desolate regions,

Topolinoye Topolinoye (russian: Тополиное) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Tomponsky National Rural Okrug of the Tompo District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located on the lef ...

being the only inhabited place in the long course of the river.

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The Tompo is not navigable. The area of the river's

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is .Tompo - State Water Register of Russia
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Course

The Tompo originates in the southern slopes of the

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. For about , the river displays the characteristics of a typical mountain river, flowing within a deep and narrow valley bound by steep slopes. In its uppermost course the Tompo runs roughly northward along the northern side of the

Suntar-Khayata Suntar-Khayata Range (russian: Сунтар-Хаята, sah, Сунтаар Хайата) is a granite mountain range rising along the border of the Sakha Republic in the north with Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai in the south. The R504 Kolyma ...

mountains; after roughly it turns and follows a generally westward direction for about through the southern part of the

. Downstream from the mouth of the Delinya, its 2nd largest tributary, which flows from the central part of the

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, the Tompo bends SSE into a roughly long deep gorge, separating the

Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...

proper to the northwest and the group of three parallel ranges formed by the

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Sette-Daban The Sette-Daban (russian: Сетте-Дабан, sah, Сэттэ Дабаан) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range belongs partly to the Sakha Republic and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russia ...

and the

Skalisty Range The Skalisty Range (russian: Скалистый хребет; sah, Скалистай) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia, part of the East Siberian System. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. The ...

to the southeast. After the mouth of the Menkule River, it emerges from the mountains and, flowing in a southwesterly direction, enters the eastern side of the Central Yakutian Plain, where its valley becomes very wide and swampy, its riverbed dividing into lazily-flowing arms as the speed of the flow decreases. Finally the Tompo meets the right bank of the Aldan River, opposite

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village, upstream of the mouth of the

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.Томпо

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Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Tompo are the long Khunkhada and long Delinya from the right, as well as the long Menkule and long Tomporuk from the left. There are 1,662 lakes in the basin of the Tompo with a total area of .Tompo- Water of Russia
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References

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Course

Tributaries

See also

References