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The Alazeya (; ) is a river in the northeastern part of
in the
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, Russia
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which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger Indigirka
The Indigirka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is .
History
The isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigi ...
to the west and the Kolyma
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to the east.
Mount Kisilyakh-Tas is a notable kigilyakh site on the right bank of the Alazeya River at .
Geography
The river is long. The area of its basin is . The Alazeya is formed at the confluence of the Nelkan and Kadylchan rivers in the slopes of the Alazeya Plateau. It crosses roughly northwards through the tundra meandering among the flat, marshy areas of the Kolyma Lowland, part of the greater East Siberian Lowland. Finally the Alazeya drains into the Kolyma Bay of theEast Siberian Sea
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, close to Logashkino
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. The river freezes in late September through early October and stays icebound until late May through early June. There are more than 24,000 lakes in its basin.Google Earth
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Алазеяin the
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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.
Tributaries
The biggest tributaries of the Alazeya are the long Rassokha and long Buor-Yuryakh from the left, as well as the long Sloboda River and the long Buor-Yuryakh from the right.History
Dmitrii Zyryan was the first Russian to reach the Alazeya in 1641, but did not found a permanent settlement.See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
Rivers of the Sakha Republic East Siberian Lowland {{FarEast-Russia-river-stub