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Olyokma
The Olyokma (, , ; , ) is a tributary of the Lena in eastern Siberia. The river gives its name to the Olyokma-Chara Plateau, located to the west of its western bank. History In the summer of 1631, Russian pioneer Pyotr Beketov entered the Olyokma during his first voyage down the Lena and in 1636 he founded the present-day city of Olyokminsk near the mouth of the river on the left bank of Lena. Yerofey Khabarov used this river's route to travel from the Lena to the Amur during his mid-17th century expeditions. In the spring of 1649 Khabarov set off at his own expense up the Olyokma, then up its tributary, the Tungir and portaged to the Shilka River, reaching the upper Amur ( Dauria) in early 1650. Course The river is long, and has a drainage basin of . The Olyokma rises in the Muroy Range, Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands (Олёкминский Становик), west of Mogocha. It flows through remote terrain and cuts across the Kalar Range of the Stanovoy Highlands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olekma
The Olyokma (, , ; , ) is a tributary of the Lena in eastern Siberia. The river gives its name to the Olyokma-Chara Plateau, located to the west of its western bank. History In the summer of 1631, Russian pioneer Pyotr Beketov entered the Olyokma during his first voyage down the Lena and in 1636 he founded the present-day city of Olyokminsk near the mouth of the river on the left bank of Lena. Yerofey Khabarov used this river's route to travel from the Lena to the Amur during his mid-17th century expeditions. In the spring of 1649 Khabarov set off at his own expense up the Olyokma, then up its tributary, the Tungir and portaged to the Shilka River, reaching the upper Amur ( Dauria) in early 1650. Course The river is long, and has a drainage basin of . The Olyokma rises in the Muroy Range, Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands (Олёкминский Становик), west of Mogocha. It flows through remote terrain and cuts across the Kalar Range of the Stanovoy Highlands through a na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tungir
The Tungir () is a river in Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the third largest tributary of the Olyokma in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The Tungir is known as the Shiroky Brook (ручей Широкий) in its uppermost stretch. Almost all of its basin is in the Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands area. The river is a destination for rafting and tourism. There are two settlements by the river, Tupik and Gulya.Тунгир / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olyokma-Stanovik
The Olyokma-Stanovik (; ''Olyokminsky Stanovik'') is a system of mountain ranges in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The western end of the range reaches into Amur Oblast.Олёкминский Становик / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. . - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. Geography The Olyokma-Stanovik is part of the |
Nyukzha
The Nyukzha () is a river in Amur Oblast and Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Olyokma river in terms of length and area of its basin. The Nyukzha is long and has a drainage basin of . There are a number of inhabited places close to the banks of the river, including Ust-Urkima, Lopcha, Chilchi, Ust-Nyukzha, Larba and Yuktali, mostly with a significant Evenk population. A section of the Baikal–Amur Mainline passes along the river valley. / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. The river is a destination for |
Olyokma-Chara Plateau
The Olyokma-Chara Plateau (; ) is a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic and Irkutsk Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Google Earth A small section is in Kalarsky District, northernmost Zabaykalsky Krai. Charoite, a rare mineral, is found in the Murun Massif area of the plateau, rising between rivers Chara and Tokko. Geography The Olyokma-Chara Plateau is located to the south of the Lena, at the southwestern end of the Sakha Republic in Olyokminsky District, and the eastern end of Irkutsk Oblast, Bodaybinsky District. The plateau is bound by the Chara River, a left tributary of the Olyokma river to the west and the Olyokma, a left tributary of the Lena, to the east. The Tokko River, the largest tributary of the Chara, crosses the uplands from south to north. To the south rises the Udokan Range of the Stanovoy Highlands and to the north the Lena Plateau. To the east rise the Aldan Highlands and to the west the Patom Highlands. The size of the plateau is rough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chara (river)
The Chara (; , ''Çaara'') is a left tributary of the Olyokma in Eastern Siberia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Together with the Olyokma, river Chara gives its name to the Olyokma-Chara Plateau (Олёкмо-Чарское плоскогорье), located to the east of its eastern bank. History The region is famous for a peculiar mountain where charoite has been mined for decades. This intensely purple mineral, named after the river, is only found here and was discovered in the 1940s when a rail tunnel was constructed. Part of the Russian governmental debt was paid in charoite and slabs of this now expensive ornamental material were stored in basements of houses of the Hungarian capital city, Budapest. Course The Chara begins as an outflow of Bolshoye Leprindo lake in the Kodar Mountains, Stanovoy Highlands in northern Zabaykalsky Krai. It flows through the Chara Basin between the Kodar and Kalar Mountains, passing the ''Chara Sands'', a area of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena (river)
The Lena is a river in the Russian Far East and is the easternmost river of the three great rivers of Siberia which flow into the Arctic Ocean, the others being Ob and Yenisey. The Lena River is long and has a capacious drainage basin of ; thus the Lena is the eleventh-longest river in the world and the longest river entirely within Russia. Geographically, permafrost underlies all the Lena River's catchment and it is continuous in over 75 percent of the basin. Course The Lena originates at of elevation in the Baikal Mountains, west of Lake Baikal, south of the Central Siberian Plateau. The Lena flows north-east and traverses the Lena-Angara Plateau, then is joined by three tributary rivers: (i) the Kirenga, (ii) the Vitim, and (iii) the Olyokma. From Yakutsk, the Lena River enters the Central Yakutian Lowland and flows north until joined by the eastern tributary, the Aldan (river), Aldan River, and the western tributary, the Vilyuy, Vilyuy River. Afterwards, the Lena ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tungiro-Olyokminsky District
Tungiro-Olyokminsky District () is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Zabaykalsky Krai, thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the krai, and borders with Kalarsky District in the north, Mogochinsky District in the south, and with Tungokochensky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') of Tupik, Zabaykalsky Krai, Tupik. Population: 1,643 (Russian Census (2002), 2002 Census); The population of Tupik accounts for 67.8% of the district's total population. Other rural localities include Gulya and Olyokma-Stanovik, Srednyaya Olyokma. Geography The district is located in the Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands area. The Olyokma and the Tungir, one of its main tributaries, flow across it.Goog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokko (river)
The Tokko () is a river in Yakutia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the largest tributary of the Chara river in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . It is navigable in its final stretch, from its confluence with the Chara. Tokko village is located by the river bank.Tokko / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. The Chara-Tokkinskaya group of deposits (Чара-Токкинская группа месторождений), the largest accumu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udokan Range
The Udokan Range () is a mountain range in Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation. The nearest town is Chara (rural locality), Chara.Google Earth There is copper mining in the range at the Udokan mine, part of the Udokan Ore Region that includes the Kalar Range, Kalar and Kodar Range, Kodar ranges.Udokan Ore Region / ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia:'' in 30 vols. - Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. A stretch of the Baikal–Amur Mainline passes through the range following the valley of the Khani river. History The Udokan was first described and mapped in 1857 by Arseny Fedorovich Usoltsev,, A.F. Usoltsev, Lieutenant of the Corps of Military Topographers of the Russian Imperial Army.Vladimir Obruchev, Obruchev V. A.,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanovoy Highlands
The Stanovoy Highlands () or Stanovoy Uplands is a mountain range in the Transbaikal region of Siberia, Russia. Geography The Stanovoy Highlands are a mountainous area between the Patom Highlands to the north and the Vitim Plateau to the south. To the northeast they border with the Olyokma-Chara Plateau —in the upper reaches of the Chara (river), Chara river. The ranges of the highlands stretch roughly in a WSW / ENE direction between the North Baikal Highlands in the west and the Olyokma River in the east. The latter separates it from the Stanovoy Range in the east. There are large intermontane basins, such as the Muya Depression and the Chara Depression at altitudes ranging between and . Subranges The system of the Stanovoy Highlands comprises a group of subranges, including the following: *Southern Muya Range (Южно-Муйский хребет), highest point Muisky Gigant, *Northern Muya Range (Северо-Муйский хребет), highest point *Kodar Range ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalar Range
The Kalar Range () is a mountain range in Zabaykalsky Krai and the NW end of Amur Oblast, Russian Federation. The highest point of the range is high Skalisty Golets. Google Earth The range is part of the Udokan Ore Region that includes the Kodar and Udokan ranges.Udokan Ore Region / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. History Located in a desolate area, the Kalar Range was first described and roughly put on the map in 1857 by A.F. Usoltsev, Lieutenant of the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
