The Uel-Siktyakh (russian: Уэль-Сиктях; sah, Юёл-Сииктээх, ''Yuyol-Siikteex'') is a river in the
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is one of the northern tributaries of the
Lena
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. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows north of the
Arctic Circle
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across desolate areas of
Bulunsky District
Bulunsky District (russian: Булу́нский улу́с; sah, Булуҥ улууһа) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty- ...
. The nearest inhabited place is
Siktyakh
Siktyakh (russian: Сиктях; sah, Сииктээх, ''Siikteex'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Siktyakhsky Rural Okrug of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, loca ...
, located near its mouth.
The name of the river comes from the
Yakut ''"uel/siktyakh"'' (уэл/сиктях), meaning "wet/damp place".
Course
The Uel-Siktyakh is a right
tributary
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of the Lena. It has its origin in the slopes of the
Dzhardzhan Range
The Dzhardzhan Range (russian: Джарджанский хребет; sah, Дьардьаан, ''Carcaan'') is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.
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, on the western flank of the
Orulgan Range
The Orulgan Range (russian: Орулган; sah, Орулҕан) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation. , northern
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 ...
system. The Uel-Siktyakh is formed at the confluence of the Yras-Siktyakh and Daldyndya rivers. It flows first roughly northwestwards. After leaving the mountains it bends and heads northeastwards across a floodplain. Towards the end it
meander
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s strongly in a swampy area of the
Central Yakutian Lowland
The Central Yakutian LowlandJohn Kimble (ed.), ''Cryosols: Permafrost-Affected Soils'' or Central Yakutian Lowlands (russian: Центральноякутская равнина; sah, Саха сирин ортоку намтала), also known as ...
dotted with lakes. Finally it bends westwards and joins the right bank of the Lena from its mouth, upstream of the mouth of the
Kuranakh-Siktyakh.
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The longest tributaries of the Uel-Siktyakh are the Atyrkan and the long Oymyakon, both from the right.Google Earth
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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
Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland
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