The Uryung-Ulakh or Yuryung-Ulakh (russian: Урюнг-Улах or Юрюнг-Уулаах; sah, Үрүҥ Уулаах, ''Ürün Uulaax'') is a river in the
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows north of the
Arctic Circle
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, across territories of the
East Siberian Lowland
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in
Allaikhovsky District
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marked by
permafrost
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. There are no settlements along its course.
Course
The Uryung-Ulakh is the main tributary of the
Khroma. It has its sources in the lake
of the same name, a fairly large lake of the southeastern part of the
Yana-Indigirka Lowland located to the south of the
Muksunuokha basin. The river heads first roughly southeastwards across a
tundra area of swamps and numerous small lakes. After a long stretch it bends and
meanders in an northeastern direction until it meets the western shore of lake
Usun-Ulakh-Tubata (Усун-Уулаах-Тубата), south of the mouth of the
Kyuyol-Yuryakh in the same lake. The Uryung-Ulakh then flows out of the lake from the northeastern shore,
meandering strongly eastwards, joining the left bank of the Khroma from its mouth in the
Khroma Bay of the East Siberian Sea.
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Tributaries
The main tributary of the Uryung-Ulakh is the long Abasylakh-Seene (Абаасылаах-Сээнэ) on the left. There are over 1,600 lakes in its basin. The river is frozen between late September and mid June.
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Fauna
The Uryung-Ulakh is one of the sites providing a breeding place for the Siberian crane, a critically endangered species.Atlas of Key Sites for Cranes in the North East Asian Flyway
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See also
* List of rivers of Russia
References
External links
Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
Drainage basins of the East Siberian Sea
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
East Siberian Lowland
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