The Eyekit (russian: Эекит, sah, Эйэкит) is a river in the
Sakha Republic (Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is a left tributary of the
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
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. Its length is from the sources of the Buor Eyekit. The area of its basin including the latter is .
The Eyekit flows across the
Bulunsky district. The banks of the river are uninhabited.
Geography
The Eyekit is the last major tributary of the Lena before it ends in the Arctic Ocean. It originates in the southeastern slopes of the
Kystyk Plateau, at the northeastern limit of the
Central Siberian Plateau
The Central Siberian Plateau (russian: Среднесибирское плоскогорье, Srednesibirskoye ploskogorye; sah, Орто Сибиир хаптал хайалаах сирэ) is a vast mountainous area in Siberia, one of the Grea ...
as the Buor-Eyekit. In its upper course it flows southeast, then it reaches a
floodplain
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with small lakes and swamps and turns northeast. After being joined by the Tas-Eyekit from the left, it flows roughly eastwards cutting across the southern end of the
Chekanovsky Ridge
The Chekanovsky Ridge (russian: Кряж Чекановского; sah, Чекановскай томтороот) is a range of mountains in the Bulunsky District, Yakutia, Russian Federation. The area of the range is uninhabited.
The range wa ...
, north of a large bend of the Lena. Finally it meets the left bank of the great river a little north of
Kyusyur, upstream of its mouth in the
Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea ( rus, мо́ре Ла́птевых, r=more Laptevykh; sah, Лаптевтар байҕаллара, translit=Laptevtar baỹğallara) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, th ...
.
[ Google Earth]
The Eyekit freezes in the first half of October and stays under ice until late May.
[Geography of Yakutia - Hydrographic objects]
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Tributaries
The longest tributary of the Eyekit is the long Tas-Eyekit (Тас-Эекит), joining it from the left.[
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European Russia, European and an North Asia, Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. Th ...
References
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External links
Река Эйэкит - сахалыы фонограммалар
(Picture of the river)
Эксперт: Люди и животные страдают от эксплуатации природы в АрктикеMapio.net - Р. Эекит, Булунский улус, СахаПо самой большой реке России. Июль. 2017. Фотоотчет.
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
ceb:Eyekit (suba sa Rusya, lat 70,87, long 127,44)
sah:Эйэкит