The Byosyuke (; ) is a river in the
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is one of the northernmost tributaries of the
Lena
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. The river has a length of — from the source of the Sakhandya— and a
drainage basin
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area of .
The river flows north of the
Arctic Circle
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across desolate areas of
Bulunsky District
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. The nearest inhabited place is
Kyusyur, located on the banks of the Lena, over northeast of its mouth.
The Byosyuke is a destination for
game fishing
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tours.
Course
The Byosyuke is a right
tributary
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of the Lena. It has its origin on the western flank of the northern end of the
Orulgan Range
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Verkhoyansk Range
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system. The Byosyuke is formed at the confluence of the Meychan and Sakhandya rivers. It flows roughly northwestwards, parallel to the
Tikyan, skirting the northern limit of the
Dzhardzhan Range
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Geography
The Dzhardzhan Range is one of the subranges of the Verkhoyansk ...
and descending into a
floodplain
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in its middle course. Towards the end it bends westwards and then southwestwards, forking into two in its last stretch and joining the right bank of the Lena from its mouth.
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The longest tributary of the Byosyuke is the long Meychan (Мэйчээн) from the right.
See also
*
List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
TAIMEN FISHING, Якутия, река Бесюке, 2016г. YAKUTIA, fishing BESYUKE RIVER, 2016
{{Portal bar, Russia
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland