Enmyvaam Explained

Enmyvaam
Native Name:Russian: Энмываам
Source1 Location:Lake Elgygytgyn
Mouth:Belaya
Mouth Coordinates:66.2725°N 173.5524°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Russia
Length:2850NaN0
Basin Size:11900km2
Source1 Elevation:4990NaN0
Mouth Elevation:60m (200feet)
Discharge1 Avg:95.95m3/s
Progression:Belaya

The Enmyvaam (Russian: Энмываам,[1] also spelled Enmywaam or Emmyvaam in English) is a river located in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Far East, about southeast of Chaunskaya Bay.[2] It is fed by and is the main and only outflow of Lake Elgygytgyn, draining into the Belaya, which drains into the Anadyr and eventually the Bering Sea.

The river flows in the southern direction. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . It is located within the Anadyr river basin in the Anadyr—Kolyma watershed district.[3]

The name "Enmyvaam" comes from the Chukchi language and means "a river with rocky shores".[4]

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. Fedorov . etal . Preliminary estimation of Lake El'gygytgyn water balance and sediment income . Climate of the Past . 2013 . 9 . 4 . 1455–1465 . 10.5194/cp-9-1455-2013 . free .
  3. Moiseeva . M. G. . Sokolova . A. B. . New data on the composition and age of the Ust'-Emuneret flora from the Enmyvaam River basin (Central Chukotka) . Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation . 6 June 2014 . 22 . 3 . 269–286 . 10.1134/S0869593814030095 .
  4. Book: Leontyev . V.V. . Novikova . K.A. . Toponimičeskij slovar' Severo-Vostoka SSSR . 1989 . Magadanskoe knižnoe izd-vo . 5-7581-0044-7 . 433–456.