The Uyandina (russian: Уяндина; sah, Уйаандьы, translit=Uyaancı) 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 E ...
,
Russia
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, a tributary of the
Indigirka. The length of the Uyandina is . The area of its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
is .
Course
The river is formed by the confluence of the long
Irgichyan originating in the NW
Selennyakh Range
The Selennyakh Range (russian: Селенняхский хребет, ''Selennyakhsky Khrebet''; sah, Силээннээх) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russ ...
and the long
Baky
The Baky (russian: Бакы; sah, Бакы) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the northern tributaries of the Yana. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows north of the Arctic C ...
, which has its source in Lake Baky, located at the junction of the western end of the
Polousny Range
The Polousny Range ( rus, Полоусный кряж; sah, Полоуснай томтороот) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Полоусный кряж (Polousny Range) / Great Soviet Encyc ...
and the
Kyun-Tas
Kyun-Tas ( rus, Кюн-Тас; sah, Күн Таас) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.
The Kyun-Tas is one of the mountain areas of Yakutia where there are kigilyakh rock formations.
Geography
The ...
.
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/ref> After flowing in a roughly southern direction in its upper course, the Uyandina flows then eastwards through the Aby Lowland
The Aby Lowland (russian: Абыйская низменность; sah, Абый Намтала, translit=Abıy Namtala) is a low alluvial plain located in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the te ...
. Finally it meets the left bank of the Indigirka from its mouth.[ Google Earth]
The Uyandina freezes up in October and remains icebound until late May or early June.
Tributaries
The biggest tributaries of the Uyandina are the long Khatyngnakh and long Khachimcher from the left, as well as the long Buor-Yuryakh from the right.
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 drain ...
References
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
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