Amguema (river) explained

Amguema
Map:Chukchi Sea5AMG.png
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Russia
Length:498km (309miles)
Discharge1 Avg:285m3/s
Source1 Coordinates:68.8167°N 201°W
Mouth:Chukchi Sea
Mouth Coordinates:68.2533°N -177.4239°W
Basin Size:28100km2

The Amguema (Russian: Амгуэ́ма, Оʼмваам, O'mvaam;[1] in its upper course Вульвывее́м, Vulvyveyem[2]) is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.[3] It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

Upriver there is the small town of Amguema, where about 600 mostly Chukchi people live.[4]

Geography

The Amguema flows roughly from SW to NE across the Chukotka Mountains. It belongs to the Amguema basin. It empties into the Chukchi Sea between Cape Schmidt and Cape Vankarem.[5] The 154km (96miles) long Ekityki on the left is the main tributary of the Amguema.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://geolkarta.ru/list_200.php?idlist=Q-60-XII Russia. Topographic map Q-60-XI,XII
  2. 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 Dictionary of names of hydrographic objects of Russia and other countries - members of the CIS
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070509124740/http://map.primorye.ru/glossary/rus/I_23.htm Geographic Location
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020085913/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,393604,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Amguema Town
  5. https://bigenc.ru/geography/text/4688774 Chukotskoye Nagorye