Allaikha Explained

Allaikha
Source1 Location:Polousny Range
Mouth:Indigirka
Mouth Coordinates:70.5286°N 147.7139°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Russia
Length:563km (350miles)
Basin Size:12400km2
Pushpin Map:Russia Sakha Republic
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sakha, Russia

The Allaikha (Russian: Алла́иха; Yakut: Аллайыаха, Allayıaxa)[1] is a river of Sakha Republic, Russia, a left hand tributary of the Indigirka. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

Course

The Allaikha has its source in the northern slopes of the Polousny Range at the Swan Lake, in the confluence of two small rivers, Fena (Фена) and Elikcheen (Эликчээн). It flows meandering roughly northeastwards across the Yana-Indigirka Lowland.[2] It finally joins the Indigirka about 15km (09miles) north of Chokurdakh.[3]

There are more than four thousand lakes in the basin of the Allaikha. Its most important tributary is the Ot-Yuryakh from the left.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://rosreestr.ru/upload/Doc/21-upr/237%20%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8%D0%A1%D0%9D%D0%93.pdf Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ
  2. http://mapr54.narod.ru/map2/index23.html Map sheet R-54-XXIII, XXIV geol. Scale: 1: 200 000
  3. http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=262541 Russian State Water Register - Allaikha
  4. http://bse.sci-lib.com/article016857.html Аллаиха