The Beyenchime ( , ''Beyençime'') is a river in
Yakutia
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(Sakha Republic),
Russia
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. It is a
tributary
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of the
Olenyok with a length of . Its drainage basin area is .
The river flows north of the
Arctic Circle
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across a lonely, desolate area of the
Olenyoksky District
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devoid of settlements.
The Beyenchime-
Udzha interfluve is an area where
diamond
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s are found.
Course
The Beyenchime is a left tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are at the limit of the
Northern Siberian Lowland, in the vicinity of the sources of the
Bur and the
Udya. It flows roughly eastwards to the south of the
Bur and to the north of the
Kuoika. To the south and southwest of its middle course there is a large area dotted with lakes. In its last stretch the Beyenchime turns into the
Central Siberian Plateau
The Central Siberian Plateau (; ) is a vast mountainous area in Siberia, one of the Great Russian Regions.
Geography
The plateau occupies a great part of central Siberia between the Yenisei and Lena rivers. It is located in the Siberian Plat ...
and heads in a SSE direction until its mouth in the Olenyok, from its mouth.
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The river is frozen between early October and late May and may cause floods in the summer. Its main tributaries are the long Beyemchikeen (Бэйэмчикээн) and the long
Beyenchime Salaata (Бэйэнчимэ-Салаата) from the left.
[ There is an ]impact crater
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south of the lower course of the Beyenchime Salaata.Beenchime Salaatinsky crater in northern Yakutia - origin and late quaternary records in the 8-km circular structure
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See also
* Beyenchime-Salaata crater
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
Fishing & Tourism in YakutiaCrater Taphonomy and Bombardment Rates in the Phanerozoic
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Rivers of the Sakha Republic
North Siberian Lowland
Tributaries of the Olenyok