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Kukhtuy
The Kukhtuy () is a river in Okhotsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East. It has a drainage basin of and a length of . The river is navigable in its lower reaches. Course The Kukhtuy river has its source at an elevation of in the Suntar-Khayata range. It flows relatively straight southwards through a mountainous area. The Yudoma Range rises on the right side and the Kukhtuy Range on the left side of its valley and its course is roughly parallel to rivers Okhota to the west and Ulbeya to the east. South of the 61st parallel the river valley widens and the Kukhtuy meanders across a widening floodplain with many bogs and small lakes. Finally it flows into the Sea of Okhotsk on the northeastern side of the estuary of Okhotsk town.Google Earth The main tributary of the Kukhtuy is the long Gusinka (Гусинка) that joins it from the left. The river freezes around late October and stays frozen until mid May. Fauna The basin of the Kukhtuy is a spawning ground f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okhotsk
Okhotsk ( rus, Охотск, p=ɐˈxotsk) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Okhotsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located at the mouth of the Okhota River on the Sea of Okhotsk. Population: Etymology It was named after the Okhota River, whose name is a corrupted Evenk word ''okat'', "river". History Okhotsk was the main Russian base on the Pacific coast from about 1650 to 1860, but lost its importance after the Amur Annexation in 1860. It is located at the east end of the Siberian River Routes on the Sea of Okhotsk where the Okhota and Kukhtuy rivers join to form a poor-but-usable harbor. In 1639, the Russians first reached the Pacific southwest of Okhotsk at the mouth of the Ulya River. In 1647, Semyon Shelkovnikov built winter quarters at Okhotsk. In 1649, a fort was built (Kosoy Ostrozhok). In 1653, Okhotsk was burned by the local Lamuts. Although the Russian pioneers were skilled builders of river boats, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suntar-Khayata
Suntar-Khayata Range (, ) is a granite mountain range rising along the border of the Sakha Republic in the north with Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai in the south. The R504 Kolyma Highway passes through the northern part of the range by Kyubeme. Geography The Suntar-Khayata is approximately 450–550 km long and 60 km wide. high Mus-Khaya Mountain, located in the Sakha Republic, is the highest point of the range. Berill Mountain, at is the highest summit in Khabarovsk Krai. Mount Khakandya (Гора Хакандя) is an ultra-prominent peak that is high. The Suntar-Khayata Range is geographically a southeastern prolongation of the Verkhoyansk Range. Until mid 20th century it was treated as a separate range, together with the Skalisty Range, highest point , and the Sette Daban, highest point , to the southwest. The Yudoma-Maya Highlands are located to the south of the range [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okhota
The Okhota () is a river in Okhotsky District, Khabarovsk Krai which flows south to the Sea of Okhotsk.Охота (река в Хабаровском крае) (''tr. "Okhota (river in the Khabarovsk Territory): Definition of "(literally) Hunting (river in the Khabarovsk Territory)" in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia"'') , accessed 4 November 2022 It is long, and its covers . (''tr. "River Okhota (in the upper reaches of the Lev. Okhota)"'') Etymology Whi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulbeya
The Ulbeya () is a river in Okhotsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Ulbeya flows across uninhabited territory. Nyadbaki village is located in the upper reaches of the river. Course The Urak river originates at the confluence of the Goria and Granitny mountain rivers. The latter has its source at an elevation of nearly in the Suntar Khayata Range. It heads roughly southwards below the slopes of the Kukhtuy Range rising to the west. In its last stretch it flows roughly parallel to rivers Inya to the east and Kukhtuy to the west.Google Earth Finally it flows into the Sea of Okhotsk near the abandoned Ulbeya village that lies east of its mouth.Google Earth The main tributaries of the Ulbeya are the long Assibergan from the left and the long Ulberikan from the right. The river is fed by snow and rain. It freezes around late October and stays frozen until mid May. Fauna The Ulbeya is a spawning ground for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 into the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are the Volga (which is the longest river in Europe), Pechora, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dnieper (flowing through Russia, then Belarus and Ukraine and into the Black Sea) and the Western Dvina (flowing through Russia, then Belarus and Latvia into the Baltic Sea). In Asia, important rivers are the Ob, the Irtysh, the Yenisei, the Angara, the Lena, the Amur, the Yana, the Indigirka, and the Kolyma. In the list below, the rivers are grouped by the seas or oceans into which they flow. Rivers that flow into other rivers are ordered by the proximit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okhotsky District
Okhotsky District () is an administrativeResolution #143-pr and municipalLaw #194 district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the north of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Okhotsk. Population: The population of Okhotsk accounts for 51.4% of the district's total population. Geography Located along the northwestern coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, it is the northernmost district of Khabarovsk Krai. The main rivers are the Yudoma, Maya and Allakh-Yun of the Lena basin, the Inya, Ulbeya, Okhota, Kukhtuy, Urak and Ulya with their mouths in the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Kullu, a tributary of the Kolyma of the East Siberian Sea basin.Google Earth Demographics Ethnic composition (2021): * Russians – 78.2% * Evens – 11.5% * Evenks – 4.5% * Koreans – 1.1% * Yakuts The Yakuts or Sakha (, ; , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to North Siberia, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Siberian Grayling
The East Siberian grayling ''(Thymallus pallasii)'' is a grayling in the salmon family Salmonidae. Berg, L.S. (1962) ''Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries.'' volume 1, 4th edition., Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1948). Males can reach a size of . Distribution East Siberian grayling was first described to be found at the Kolyma River basin by Peter Simon Pallas. Its distribution range is still insufficiently understood, and is believed to include most of the rivers flowing to the Arctic coast eastward from the Khatanga River, across the East Siberian Plain, and further east to easternmost Siberia, including the rivers in the Chukotka Peninsula as well as rivers of the Sea of Okhotsk basin, such as the Ola River in the Magadan Oblast and the Kukhtuy in Khabarovsk Krai. Description ''Thymallus'' can be distinguished by their elongated, often cylindrical body, greatly enlarged dorsal fin, small mouth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coregonus Ussuriensis
The Amur whitefish (''Coregonus ussuriensis'') is a species of freshwater whitefish. It can withstand significant salinity levels. It reaches a maximum size of , with a maximum weight of . Its life expectancy is 10 to 11 years. The Amur whitefish is usually eaten salted or smoked. Distribution Its distribution includes the middle reaches of the Amur, downstream of Blagoveshchensk, all along the lower reaches and including its estuary. It lives as well in the Kukhtuy river, the Tatar Strait and the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. It also has been recorded in Sakhalin, in the lagoons of the northwestern and northeastern coasts, as well as in the Ainskoe and Sladkoe coastal lakes. It is also found in the Zeya and Sungari rivers, and in the Ussuri River and Lake Khanka.Viktorovsky, R.M. i R.A. Maximova, ''Chromosomal complex of Coregonus ussuriensis and some aspects of the evolution of karyotypes of Coregonidae''. Tsitologiya (Cytology). 20(8):967-970. Leningrad 1978 See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk; Historically also known as , or as ; ) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, Japan's island of Hokkaido on the south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north. Its northeast corner is the Shelikhov Gulf. The sea is named for the port of Okhotsk, itself named for the Okhota River. Geography The Sea of Okhotsk covers an area of , with a mean depth of and a maximum depth of . It is connected to the Sea of Japan on either side of Sakhalin: on the west through the Sakhalin Gulf and the Gulf of Tartary; on the south through the La Pérouse Strait. In winter, navigation on the Sea of Okhotsk is impeded by ice floes. Ice floes form due to the large amount of freshwater from the Amur River, lowering the salinity of upper levels, often raising the freezing point of the sea surface. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round Whitefish
The round whitefish (''Prosopium cylindraceum'') is a freshwater species of fish that is found in North American drainages from Alaska to New England, including the Great Lakes except for Lake Erie, and in Arctic tributaries of northeast Asia, as well as northern Kamchatka Peninsula and the northern coasts of the Sea of Okhotsk. It has an olive-brown back with light silvery sides and underside and its length is generally between . They are bottom feeders, feeding mostly on invertebrates, such as crustaceans, insect larvae, and fish eggs. Some other fish species, like white sucker in turn eat their eggs. Lake trout, northern pike and burbot are natural predators. Other common names of the round whitefish are Menominee, pilot fish, frost fish, round-fish, and Menominee whitefish. The common name "round whitefish" is also sometimes used to describe ''Coregonus huntsmani'', a salmonid more commonly known as the Atlantic whitefish. Where it was once common, round whitefish numbers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
