En Name: | Chekunda |
Ru Name: | Чекунда |
Coordinates: | 50.8667°N 147°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Khabarovsk Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Verkhnebureinsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Chekunda (Russian: Чекунда) is a rural locality (a selo) in Verkhnebureinsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Bureya River.
Chekunda lies on a branch line that runs from Izvestkovy, on the Trans-Siberian Railway, to Chegdomyn. The line meets with the Baikal–Amur Mainline at Novy Urgal.
Chekunda has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb) with extreme variation in seasonal temperatures. The winters are extreme for a place located at this latitude and colder than many localities from further north. Indeed, Chekunda may be the coldest known location with a humid continental climate. The summers are warm to hot and just long enough to prevent a subarctic climate (Dwc) classification. Precipitation is heavily concentrated in the warmest months.