The Alazeya ( rus, Алазея, r=; sah, Алаһыай, translit=Alahıay) is a river in the northeastern part of

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which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger

Indigirka The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The i ...

to the west and the

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to the east. Mount

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is a notable

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site on the right bank of the Alazeya River at .Types of weathering
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Geography

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Alazeya Plateau The Alazeya Plateau ( rus, Алазейское плоскогорье) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The area is named after river Alazeya, which has its source in the plateau. There are kigi ...

. It crosses roughly northwards through the tundra meandering among the flat, marshy areas of the

Kolyma Lowland The Kolyma Lowland (russian: Колымская низменность) is a lowland plain in the northeastern parts of Sakha Republic in the basin of the Alazeya, Bolshaya Chukoch'ya and lower reaches of the Kolyma rivers. The lowland is formed ...

, part of the greater

East Siberian Lowland The East Siberian Lowland ( rus, Восточно-Сибирская низменность), also known as Yana-Kolyma Lowland,Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, ''A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands.'' p. 16 is a vast plai ...

. Finally the Alazeya drains into the Kolyma Bay of the

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, close to Logashkino. The river freezes in late September through early October and stays icebound until late May through early June. There are more than 24,000 lakes in its basin.

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Tributaries

The biggest tributaries of the Alazeya are the long

Rassokha The Rassokha (russian: Рассоха, also Россоха; sah, Рассоха) is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia, Russia. It is the major tributary of the Alazeya.Google Earth Geography The river is long. The area of its basin ...

and long

Buor-Yuryakh The Buor-Yuryakh (russian: Буор-Юрях; sah, Буор-Үрэх) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the second largest tributary of the Alazeya. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Buor-Yury ...

from the left, as well as the long Sloboda River and the long

from the right.

History

Dmitrii Zyryan was the first Russian to reach the Alazeya in 1641, but did not found a permanent settlement.

References

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Geography

Tributaries

History

See also

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