The Tukulan (russian: Тукулаан; sah, Тукулан) is a river in the Sakha Republic (
Yakutia
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),
Russia
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, a right tributary of the
Aldan, part of the
Lena
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basin.
The Tukulan has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
There are no settlements in the area of the river. The nearest inhabited places are
Batamay of
Kobyaysky District to the west of the Tukulan's mouth and
Udarnik
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,
Krest-Khaldzhay and
Ary-Tolon of
Tompo District to the east.
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Course
The Tukulan originates in Lake Ulakhan-Kyuel, a mountain lake of the southwestern
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 ...
located in
Ust-Aldan District
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. In the upper section of its course the river flows across mountainous terrain, heading roughly southwestwards across the
Sordogin Range.
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After leaving the mountainous area the Tukulan flows approximately in the same SW direction along its middle course. It crosses a ]floodplain
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dotted with about 200 lakes where the riverbed divides into slowly-flowing arms. Its lower course is a vast marshy area. Finally the Tukulan meets the right bank of the Aldan River, a little upstream from the mouth of the Kele and downstream of the Baray
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, from the confluence of the Aldan with the Lena.[1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-7]
/ref>[Aldan - Water of Russia]
/ref> The river freezes between mid October and mid May.[
The Tukulan's main tributary is the long Tuora Tukulan joining it from the right side.]
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland
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