The Baray (russian: Барайы; sah, Барайы, ''Barayı'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (
Yakutia
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far ...
),
Russia
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, a right tributary of the
Aldan Aldan may refer to:
;People
*Gille Aldan, the first bishop of Galloway, Scotland
*Andrey Aldan-Semenov (1908–1985), Russian writer
*Duke Aldan, a fictional character in ''Langrisser IV'' video game
;Places
* Aldan, Russia, a town in the Sakha Re ...
, part of the
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
* Lena, Norway, a village in ...
basin.
The Baray has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
There are no settlements in the area of the river. The nearest inhabited places are
Udarnik
An udarnik ( rus, уда́рник, p=ʊˈdarnʲɪk; English plural udarniks or udarniki), also known in English as a shock worker or strike worker (collectively known as shock brigades or a shock labour team) was a highly productive worker in t ...
,
Krest-Khaldzhay and
Ary-Tolon of
Tompo District
Tomponsky District (russian: Томпонский улу́с; sah, Томпо улууһа, ''Tompo uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the adminis ...
to the east of the river's mouth.
[ Google Earth]
Course
The Baray originates in the southwestern
Verkhoyansk Range
The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settl ...
, near the source of the
Nelgese
The Nelgese ( rus, Нельгесе; sah, Нэльгэһэ, ''Nelgehe'') is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. It is long, with a drainage basin of .
The river flows across ...
and not far west of the
Khunkhadin Range. In the upper section of its course the river flows across mountainous terrain, heading roughly southwards and flanking the eastern end of the
Sordogin Range.
[
After leaving the mountainous area the Baray turns slightly and flows in a roughly SW direction across a ]floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
dotted with about 130 lakes. Finally the Baray meets the right bank of the Aldan River in a vast swampy area where it makes a sharp westward bend, a little upstream from the mouth of the Tukulan
Tukulans ( rus, Тукуланы; sah, Тукулаан) are relief forms shaped by aeolian processes of the Central Yakutian Lowland, Yakutia, Russian Federation. They are sand dunes of a characteristic type mainly found along the valley of the ...
and downstream of the Tompo
The Tompo (russian: Томпо) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan (river), Aldan, part of the Lena (river), Lena basin. River Tompo gives its name to the Tompo District. It flows across desolate regi ...
, from the confluence of the Aldan with the Lena. Its mouth is near the mouth of the Tatta
The Tatta (russian: Татта; sah, Таатта) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a left tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin.
The Tatta has a length of and a drainage basin area of . There are many inhabited plac ...
on the facing bank.[1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-7]
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The Baray has about 27 tributaries having a length of more than . The main tributary is the long Taalchaan (Таалчаан) joining it from the right side from its mouth. The Baray freezes in mid-October and stays frozen until the end of May.]
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European Russia, European and an North Asia, Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. Th ...
References
External links
Fishing in the Baray River
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland
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