The Aldan ( Sakha and ) is the second-longest right

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of the Lena in the

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in eastern

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.Алдан (река в Якут. АССР)

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The river is long, of which around is navigable. It has a drainage basin of . The river was part of the River Route to

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. In 1639 Ivan Moskvitin ascended the rivers Aldan and

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and crossed to the Ulya to reach the

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. Its basin is known for gold and for

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Etymology

Previously, a version of the origin from the Turkic-Mongolian word altan, altyn in the meaning of "gold" was spread, then a hypothesis appeared of the origin of the

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Aldan (in the variant Allan) from the Evenk oldo, ollo — "fish". Another explanation: aldan is a coastal spring ice ( evenk).

Course

The Aldan rises in the Stanovoy Mountains southwest of

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. It flows roughly in a northeast / ENE direction south of the

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across the

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, where it forms the northern border of the

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. Then it flows past Aldan and through

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, Eldikan and Khandyga before turning northwest. In its last stretch it flanks the southern slopes of the

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and joins the Lena near Batamay.

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Tributaries

The river's main tributaries are the following:Aldan - Water of Russia
/ref> ;From the right * Timpton * Uchur *

* Khamna * Allakh-Yun *

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* Tyry * Eastern Khandyga * Tompo * Khandiga *

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* Tukulan * Kele * Tumara ** Nuora ;From the left * Amedichi * Chuga * Yungyuele * Bilir *

Notora The Notora (; ) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia, a left tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . There is a bridge of the Yakutsk — Amga — Ust-Maya highway across th ...

* Kuoluma * Amga * Tatta * Tanda.

References

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* Rivers of the Sakha Republic Physiographic provinces Central Yakutian Lowland {{FarEast-Russia-river-stub

Etymology

Course

Tributaries

See also

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