Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is a right
tributary
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of the
Aldan River
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drainage basin
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area of . There are no settlements near its banks except for Nagorny village.
The Timpton is crossed by the A360 Lena Highway and
coal
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is mined in the river basin. Up to the present the Timpton is in a relative pristine condition, being a favorite destination for
rafting
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and
kayaking
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perch
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and lenok are found in the waters of the river.Water of Russia - Тимптон /ref>
Course
The Timpton is the fourth tributary of the Aldan regarding length and basin area. Its source is located on the northern slopes of the
Stanovoy Range
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, at the southern limit of Yakutia, near the
Amur Oblast
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The administrati ...
border.Timpton (Тимптон) /
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; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. First it flows in an eastward direction and then it turns and flows in a roughly northward direction along its course. It crosses the foothills of the Aldan Highlands and its valley marks the western limit of the Sunnagyn Range. Its upper course is tortuous, with frequent rapids. There is no
floodplain
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, but the last stretch is
navigable
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. Finally the Timpton joins the right bank of the Aldan from its mouth.
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Its tributaries include the Big Yllymakh, Chulmakan, Chulman and Iyengra. The river is frozen between October and May.
See also
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List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an 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. The Asian part is drained i ...