| Menkere | |
| Other Name: | Мэнкэрэ / Мэҥкэрэ |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 67.8911°N 125.8842°W |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 68.0086°N 123.3031°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Length: | 227km (141miles) (402km (250miles)) |
| Basin Size: | 15900km2 |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Sakha Republic |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia |
The Menkere (Russian: Мэнкэрэ; Yakut: Мэҥкэрэ, Meŋkere) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Lena. The river has a length of 227km (141miles) —402km (250miles) together with the Syncha— and a drainage basin area of 15900km2.
The Menkere flows across desolate territories of Zhigansky District.
The Menkere is a right tributary of the Lena. It is formed on the western slopes of the Orulgan Range of the Verkhoyansk Range system, at the confluence of two long mountain rivers, the 175km (109miles) long Syncha and the 130km (80miles) long Nyoloon.[1] It flows first roughly westwards. After leaving the mountains it heads southwestwards into the Central Yakutian Lowland, forming meanders in the flat permafrost floodplain. After a stretch it bends and flows roughly northwestwards. Finally it bends again and heads westwards for a stretch until it joins the right bank of the Lena 603km (375miles) from its mouth, near the mouth of the Motorchuna in the opposite bank.[2]
The longest tributary of the Menkere is the 98km (61miles) long Dyuyogyesinde from the left. By the river are ice fields with total area of 100km2. The last half of the river course describes a wide, roughly semicircular, arch around the southern area of Ulakhan-Kyuel lake.[3] [4]
Among the fish species found in the waters of the Menkere lenok, pike, grayling and taimen are worth mentioning.[5]
