| Namyndykan | |
| Other Name: | Намындыкан |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Magadan Oblast |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Magadan Oblast, Russia |
| Source1 Location: | Kongin Range Kolyma Mountains |
| Mouth: | Omolon |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 65.802°N 158.8981°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Federal subject |
| Subdivision Name2: | Magadan Oblast |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Srednekansky District |
| Length: | 1990NaN0 |
| Basin Size: | 2410km2 |
| Progression: | Omolon → |
The Namyndykan (Russian: Намындыкан) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It has a length of 199km (124miles) and a drainage basin of 2410km2.
The Namyndykan is a left tributary of the middle course of the Omolon, Kolyma basin.The nearest village is Omolon, located to the east of its mouth.[1] The basin of the river is a protected area.
The source of the Namyndykan is in the northern end of the Kongin Range of the Kolyma Mountains, by the southern limit of the Yukaghir Highlands. The river heads across an uninhabited area and flows roughly eastwards until its mouth. Towards its middle course the river meanders strongly in a floodplain where there are swamps and lakes. Some of the lakes are quite large, such as the Krokhalin Lakes (Крохалиные озера) north of the river channel. In its last stretch the Namyndykan reaches the Omolon floodplain where it bends northeastwards before the confluence.[1] [2]
The Namyndykan joins the left bank of the Omolon in the area where the great river makes a bend northwards. The confluence is 466km (290miles) from the mouth of the Omolon, near the border of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.[1] [3]
The Namyndykan has 19 tributaries longer than 10km (10miles). The main tributaries are the 39km (24miles) long Neproydennyy and the 33km (21miles) long Snezhnyy from the right, as well as the 48km (30miles) long Vechernyaya and 35km (22miles) long Silny from the left.
