The Udya or Udzha (russian: Удя or Уджа; sah, Удьаа) is a river in
Yakutia (Sakha Republic),
Russia. It is a right
tributary of the
Anabar with a length of . Its drainage basin area is .
The river flows north of the
Arctic Circle
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The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at w ...
, in the northern limits of the
Central Siberian Plateau and the
North Siberian Lowland. The area is lonely and desolate, devoid of settlements.
The
Beyenchime-Udzha interfluve is an area where
diamonds are found.
Certain characteristics of diamonds from placers in northeastern Siberian Platform
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Course
The Udya is the third largest tributary of the Anabar. Its sources are in the vicinity of the sources of the Bur, Buolkalakh and the Beyenchime of the Olenyok basin. It is formed at the confluence of rivers Tokur-Udya and Mas-Udya in an area of lakes. It heads roughly northwestwards all along its course. Finally it joins the right bank of the Anabar from its mouth. The confluence is not far upstream from Saskylakh
Saskylakh (russian: Саскылах; sah, Сааскылаах, ''Saaskılaax'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Anabarsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Div ...
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Fauna
The Udya river is rich in fish species, including broad whitefish, humpback whitefish
The humpback whitefish (''Coregonus pidschian''), also referred to as the bottom whitefish, the Arctic whitefishKottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. or the pidschian ...
and peled, among others.[Water of Russia, Удьа.]
See also
* List of rivers of Russia
References
External links
Schematic map of ancient terrains and kimberlitic fields in the Siberian craton
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Rivers of the Sakha Republic
North Siberian Lowland