| Alakit | |
| Other Name: | Алакит |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 65.8892°N 110.8975°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 628m (2,060feet) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 67.1281°N 109.9044°W 67°07′41″N 109°54′16″E |
| Mouth Elevation: | 197m (646feet) |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Length: | 232km (144miles) (344km (214miles)) |
| Basin Size: | 11800km2 |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Sakha Republic#Russia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia |
The Alakit (Russian: Алакит) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of 232km (144miles) and a drainage basin area of 11800km2.
The river flows across a lonely, desolate area of Mirninsky and Olenyoksky districts. Currently there are no settlements, but a small village named Alakit was located by the river in its upper course, a little upstream of the mouth of the Yuyose-Delingde, a left tributary.[1]
The Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field is located between the upper Alakit in the west and the Daldyn River by Udachnaya in the east.[2] [3]
The Alakit is a right tributary of the Olenyok. It originates in a small lake of the northeastern side of the Central Siberian Plateau. The river flows roughly northwestwards or northwards all along its course. In some stretches it forms meanders and there are lakes near its channel in certain sections of its course. Finally it meets the right bank of the Olenyok 1868km (1,161miles) from its mouth.[4] [5]
The river is fed by rain and snow. Owing to the severe climate of the plateau it is frozen between early October and late May. The longest tributaries are the 95km (59miles) long Lower Bolshaya Kounda and the 106km (66miles) long Upper Bolshaya Kounda from the left, as well as the 127km (79miles) long Mastaakh from the right.[6]
