Achchyon (; ; ),water-rf.ru - Аччён /ref> is a lake in
Providensky District
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Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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Russian Federation
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There are archaeological remains of a
Siberian Yupik
Siberian Yupiks, or Yuits (), are a Yupik peoples, Yupik people who reside along the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula in the far Russian Far East, northeast of the Russia, Russian Federation and on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska. They speak Si ...
settlement by the lakeshore. Currently there is no permanent human habitation on the shores of the lake. The nearest inhabited place is
Nunligran
Nunligran (; , ''Nunlygran'') is a village ('' selo'') in Providensky Municipal District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: Municipally, Nunligran is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal Distr ...
village, located nearly to the west. The name of the lake in
Chukot
Chukchi ( ), also known as Chukot, is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages, Chukotko–Kamchatkan language spoken by the Chukchi people in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The language is closely related to K ...
means "
pink salmon
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Chukotka Peninsula
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, at the southeastern end of the
Chukotka Mountains
The Chukotka Mountains () or Chukotka Upland (), is a mountainous area in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Anadyr Bay
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Location
The bay is roughly rectangular and opens to the southeast. The corners are (clockwise from the south) Cape ...
by a narrow
landspit
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. The water is clear and the lake bottom is pebbly and sandy.1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8 /ref>
The lake freezes in early October and stays under ice until mid-June. The salinity of the waters is variable. During severe storms in the
Bering Sea
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, the waves break over the landspit and large amounts of seawater spill into the lake. However, there are four rivers —Ergytgyn, Likvylenveem, Kuyulvayam and Keperveem, as well as fourteen unnamed streams that flow into Achchyon. They contribute to greatly reduce the average salinity of the lake.
Fauna
Sockeye salmon
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pink salmon
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Chinook salmon
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Arctic char
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Distribution and habitat
It Spaw ...
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taranets char
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and vendace are common in the waters of the lake. Achchyon used to be an important place for industrial-scale fisheries in the region. In the 1950s, salmon production reached 50
metric ton
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s, but catches have plummeted since the end of the 20th century. Achchyon includes a
protected area
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List of lakes of Russia
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order:
* Achchyon (Аччён)
* Akush (Акуш)
* Arakhley (Арахле́й)
* Astrodym (Астродым)
* Baikal (Байкал)
* Bakhmatovskoye (Бахматовское)
* Baunt (Баунт)
* Ba ...