The Amguema (russian: Амгуэ́ма, ckt, Оʼмваам, O'mvaam;
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/ref> in its upper course Вульвывее́м, Vulvyveyem[ Dictionary of names of hydrographic objects of Russia and other countries - members of the CIS]
(1999), p. 22) is a stream located in Far East Siberia. It empties into the Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea ( rus, Чуко́тское мо́ре, r=Chukotskoye more, p=tɕʊˈkotskəjə ˈmorʲɪ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west ...
between Cape Schmidt
Cape Schmidt ( rus, Мыс Шми́дта; ''Mys Shmidta'' or Мыс Отто Шмидта; ''Mys Otto Shmidta''; Chukchi: Ир-Каппея ; ''Il-Kappeya''), formerly known as Cape North, is a headland in the Chukchi Sea, part of Iultinsky Di ...
and Cape Vankarem
Cape Vankarem is a cape in the Chukchi Sea on the northern coast of Chukotka between Cape Schmidt to the west and Kolyuchinskaya Bay to the east. It projects from a sandspit across the mouth of a lagoon into which flows the Vankarem River.
At ...
. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Geography
The river flows roughly from SW to NE across the Chukotka Mountains
The Chukotka Mountains ( rus, Чукотское нагорье) or Chukotka Upland ''(Чукотская горная страна)'' is a mountainous area in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...]
administrative region of Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
. The Ekityki
The Ekityki (russian: Экитыки) is a stream located in Chukotka, in Far East Siberia. It belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The easternmost remains of woolly ...
is the main, left-side tributary of the Amguema.
Upriver there is the small town of Amguema
Amguema (russian: Амгуэма; Chukchi: , ''Oʼmvaam'') is a village ('' selo'') in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: the village is based on the Iultin- Egvekinot roa ...
, where about 600 mostly Chukchi people
The Chukchi, or Chukchee ( ckt, Ԓыгъоравэтԓьэт, О'равэтԓьэт, ''Ḷygʺoravètḷʹèt, O'ravètḷʹèt''), are a Siberian indigenous people native to the Chukchi Peninsula, the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Beri ...
live.Amguema Town
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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 draine ...
References
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Rivers of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Drainage basins of the Chukchi Sea
Chukotka Mountains