Indigirka River
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| Mouth | East Siberian Sea |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Length | 1,726 km |
| Avg. discharge | 1,810 m3/s |
| Basin area | 360,400 km² |
Indigirka River (Russian: Индиги́рка) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia. It is 1,726 km in length. The area of its basin is 360,000 km². The river flows into the East Siberian Sea. Tributaries: Kuydusun, Kyuente, Elgi, Nera, Moma, Badyarikha, Seleniyakh, Uyandina. It freezes up in October and stays under the ice until May-June. Main ports: Khonuu, Druzhina, Chokurdakh, Tabor. There is a gold prospecting industry in the Indigirka basin.
The Indigirka River teems with different kinds of fish, such as ryapushka, chir, muksun, white salmon (nelma), omul, sig etc.
[edit] History
The isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, near the fall of Indigirka into the Arctic Ocean, is known for the unique traditional culture of the Russian settlers whose ancestors came there several centuries ago.
In 1892-1894 Baron Eduard Von Toll carried out geological surveys in the basin of the Indigirka (among other Far-eastern Siberian rivers) on behalf of the Russian Academy of Sciences. During one year and two days the expedition covered 25,000 km, of which 4,200 km were up rivers, carrying out geodesic surveys en route.
[edit] Mouths of the Indigirka
About 100 Km before reaching the East Siberian Sea, the Indigirka branches into two northeast-flowing streams. The left one is Prot. Russko Ust'inskaya and the one to the right Prot. Srednyaya. At their mouths lie several flat islands (from east to west):
- Usun-Ary lies longitudinally along the coast east of the Srednyaya mouth. It is 12 Km long and 2.7 Km wide.
- Uparovskiy Island lies completely detached 11 Km offshore from the Srednyaya mouth. It is about 2 Km long and 1 Km wide.
- Ploskiy Island is the farthest offshore of a cluster of islands at the Srednyaya mouth. It is C-shaped and about 3 Km long.
- Bolshoy Fedorovskiy lies between the two mouths of the Indigirka. It is 6 Km long and has a maximum width of 4 Km.
- Vkodnoy and Oleniy islands lie right at the Prot. Russko Ust'inskaya mouth . Both are of similar size, about 4 Km in length.
- Krestovyy Island lies 10 Km offshore to the NW of the main Indigirka mouths. It is 6 Km long and 1.6 Km wide.
[edit] References
- Location of islands
- William Barr, Baron Eduard Von Toll's Last Expedition. Arctic, Sept 1980.
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