The Belyanka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic (
Yakutia
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),
Russia
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, 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 ...
. It has a length of — counting the Munni at its head— and a
drainage basin
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area of .
There are no settlements in the basin of the river. The nearest village is
Batamay, located to the east of its mouth in the Lena.
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Course
The Belyanka originates in the
Munni Range
The Munni Range (; ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.
Geography
The Munni Range is one of the subranges of the Verkhoyansk Range system and is loc ...
at the confluence of rivers
Munni
The Munni (; , ''Munñi'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Belyanka, of the Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
There are no settlements in the basin of the river. The ne ...
from the west and Tagyndzha from the east in the southwestern area of the
Verkhoyansk Range
The Verkhoyansk Range (, ''Verhojanskiy Hrebet''; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settlement of Verkhoyansk, well-known for its frigid climate. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains.
The range lies just west o ...
. The Munni flows from the slopes of the
Tagindzhin Range and its valley is bound by the eastern end of the
Muosuchan Range
The Muosuchan Range (; ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.
Geography
The Muosuchan Range is one of the subranges of the Verkhoyansk Range system an ...
.
In the upper section of its course the Belyanka river cuts across the mountainous terrain of the
Sorkin Range heading roughly southwards in a narrow valley. Soon it leaves the mountainous area and flows southwards flowing slowly and dividing into branches across the
Central Yakutian Lowland
The Central Yakutian LowlandJohn Kimble (ed.), ''Cryosols: Permafrost-Affected Soils'' or the Central Yakutian Lowlands (; ), also known as the Central Yakut Plain or the Vilyuy Lowland, is a low alluvial plain in Siberia, Russia.
Administrati ...
in a wide
floodplain
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. Close to its last stretch there are lakes and marshes. Finally the Belyanka meets the right bank of the Lena from its mouth, a little upstream from
Sangar and downstream of the mouth of the
Batamay and the confluence 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 Repub ...
.
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The river freezes between mid October and the end of May.
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Fauna
The waters of the Belyanka are very clear. Lenok
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, taimen
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, grayling and whitefish are among the fish species found in the river.Белянка , Якутия, фото, рыбалка
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an 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. The Asian part is drained i ...
References
External links
Рыбалка на Белянке. Ленок на мышь
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland
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