Ekityki Explained

Ekityki
Map:Chukchi Sea5EKY.png
Mouth:Amguema
Mouth Coordinates:67.6613°N -178.7158°W
Progression:AmguemaEast Siberian Sea
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Russia
Length:154km (96miles)
Basin Size:10300km2

The Ekityki (Russian: Экитыки)[1] is a stream located in Chukotka, in Far East Siberia. It belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

The easternmost remains of woolly rhinoceroses (Coelodonta antiquitatis) have been found in the Ekityki river basin.[2]

Course

The Ekityki originates in the Chukotka Mountains. It makes its way eastwards through sparsely populated mountainous areas of the Eastern Siberian tundra. It flows across the Ekityki lake into the left side of the Amguema in Central Chukotka. The Chantalvergyrgyn is a left tributary of the Ekityki.

Fauna

Salmon, whitefish, vendace, grayling, pike, rainbow herring (northwestern smelt), burbot, bull trout and loach are common in its waters.[3]

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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://mammuthus.chat.ru/contents.htm Wooly rhinoceros
  3. Web site: Tourism and Environmental data . 2007-10-19 . 2010-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100901060538/http://www.chukotka.org/en/tourism/about_tourism/kind_of_tourism/ . dead .