Selennyakh (river)

The Selennyakh (Russian: Селеннях) is a river in Sakha Republic, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Indigirka.

Selennyakh
Yakut: Силээннээх
Location in the Sakha Republic, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationConfluence of the Kharga-Salaa and Nyamnya rivers
  coordinates69°28′40″N 137°40′34″E
  elevation420 m (1,380 ft)
MouthIndigirka
  coordinates
67°50′41″N 144°54′51″E
  elevation
29 m (95 ft)
Length796 km (495 mi)
Basin size30,800 km2 (11,900 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average180 cubic metres per second (6,400 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionIndigirkaEast Siberian Sea

The length of the river is 796 kilometres (495 mi). The area of its drainage basin is 30,800 square kilometres (11,900 sq mi).[1]

Course

It originates in the north-west of the Chersky Range. The river flows southeastwards through the Moma-Selennyakh Depression which is bound in this area by the Burkat and Khadaranya ranges, and in the east by the Selennyakh Range, then the river flows across the Ust-Yansky District, where Sayylyk, the only inhabited place of its basin is found.

In its middle course the Selennyakh makes a wide bend northeastwards and then flows across the Aby Lowland in a roughly eastern direction untilit reaches the left bank of the Indigirka. The Selennyakh is frozen between October and May.[2]

According to the State Water Register of Russia, it is a part of the Lena basin district.[1] The average annual discharge in the mouth is 180 cubic metres per second (6,400 cu ft/s).

Basin of the Indigirka

References

  1. Река СЕЛЕННЯХ in the State Water Register of Russia (Russian)
  2. Article in Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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