The Rauchua (russian: Раучуа, also: Большая Бараниха ''Bolshaya Baranikha'') is a river in Far East Siberia,

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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Remains of frozen

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s have been found near the Rauchua.

Course

Its source is in the

Ilirney Range The Ilirney Range (russian: Илирнейский кряж) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Ilirney is located southwest of the centr ...

. It passes through the sparsely populated areas of the Siberian tundra and flows northwards into the

Kolyma Gulf The Kolyma Gulf ( Yakut: Халыма хомото, ''Xalıma xomoto''; Russian: Колымский залив, ''Kolymskiy Zaliv'') is the largest gulf of the East Siberian Sea. Geography The gulf is more than 300 km wide. Its limits are th ...

, East Siberian Sea, not far west from Ayon Island. The Rauchua and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of

References

River description & location

* Rivers of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Drainage basins of the East Siberian Sea {{Russia-river-stub