Batamay (russian: Батамай) is a river in
Kobyaysky District
Kobyaysky District (russian: Кобяйский улу́с; sah, Кэбээйи улууһа, ''Kebeeyi uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district ( raion, or ''ulu ...
,
Russia
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. It is a right tributary 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 ...
, with a length of and a catchment area of .
Course
The river is formed at the southwestern end of the
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 ...
, below the slopes of the
Munni and
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ranges at the confluence of rivers Oyun-Taryn from the right and Seeminde from the left.
It flows roughly southwards across the
Central Yakutian Lowland
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in a wide
floodplain
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. Finally it flows into 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 ...
upstream from the
Belyanka, near
Batamay. The water pool code is 18030700112117400000017.
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See also
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List of rivers of Russia
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References
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland
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