Enmyvaam

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 150 km (93 mi) 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.

Enmyvaam
Native nameRussian: Энмываам
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationLake Elgygytgyn
  coordinates67°26′02″N 172°11′47″E
  elevation499 m (1,637 ft)
MouthBelaya
  coordinates
66.2725°N 173.5524°E / 66.2725; 173.5524
  elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Length285 km (177 mi)
Basin size11,900 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average95.95 cubic metres per second (3,388 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionBelayaAnadyrBering Sea

The river flows in the southern direction. It is 285 kilometres (177 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 11,900 square kilometres (4,600 sq mi).[3] It is located within the Anadyr river basin in the Anadyr—Kolyma watershed district.[4]

The name "Enmyvaam" comes from the Chukchi language and means "a river with rocky shores".[5]

References

  1. Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 451
  2. Fedorov; et al. (2013). "Preliminary estimation of Lake El'gygytgyn water balance and sediment income". Climate of the Past. 9 (4): 1455–1465. doi:10.5194/cp-9-1455-2013.
  3. Река Энмываам (Эньмувеем) in the State Water Register of Russia (Russian)
  4. Moiseeva, M. G.; Sokolova, A. B. (6 June 2014). "New data on the composition and age of the Ust'-Emuneret flora from the Enmyvaam River basin (Central Chukotka)". Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 22 (3): 269–286. doi:10.1134/S0869593814030095.
  5. Leontyev, V.V.; Novikova, K.A. (1989). Toponimičeskij slovar' Severo-Vostoka SSSR. Magadanskoe knižnoe izd-vo. pp. 433–456. ISBN 5-7581-0044-7.
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