The Aldan (russian: Алдан) is the second-longest, right

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of the

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in the Sakha Republic 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 Okhotsk. 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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Course

The Aldan rises in the Stanovoy Mountains southwest of Neryungri. It flows roughly in a northeast / ENE direction south of the Lena Plateau across the Aldan Highlands, where it forms the northern border of the Sunnagyn Range. Then it flows past

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and through Tommot, Ust-Maya, Eldikan and

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before turning northwest. In its last stretch it flanks the southern slopes of the Verkhoyansk Range and joins the Lena near Batamay. Google Earth

Tributaries

The river's main tributaries are the following:Aldan - Water of Russia
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Timpton The Timpton (russian: Тимптон; sah, Төмтөөн) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan River of the Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . There are no settlemen ...

Uchur The Uchur (russian: Учур; sah, Учур, ''Uçur'') is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Yakutia in Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan ( Lena's basin). The length of the river is . The area of its drainage basin is . The Uchur freezes up i ...

* Khamna *

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* Tyry *

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* Tompo * Khandiga * Baray * Tukulan * Kele * Tumara ** Nuora ;From the left *

Amedichi The Amedichi (russian: Амедичи; sah, Амедичи, ''Amediçi'') is a river of Sakha Republic, Russia, a left tributary of the Aldan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . See also *List of rivers of Russia References {{reflist E ...

* Chuga * Yungyuele * Bilir * Notora * Kuoluma * Amga * Tatta * Tanda.

References

External links

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