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]
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.