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]