The Bytantay (; , ''Bıtantay'') is a river in the Republic of Sakha in
Russia
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. It is a left hand tributary of the
Yana
Yana may refer to:
Locations
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, and is long, with a
drainage basin
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of .
Course
The river begins in the eastern flank 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 ...
at an elevation of . It heads roughly northeast with the
Kular Range
The Kular Range (, ''Khrebet Kular''; , Kular Sis) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Eveno-Bytantaysky National District of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.Бытантай — ''статья из Большой советской энциклопедии''.
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The main tributaries of the Bytantay are Billah and Tenki on the right; and Khobol, Achchygy-Sakkyryr, Ulakhan-Sakkyryr and Kulgaga-Suoh on the left. The Ulakhan-Sakkyryr joins the Bytantay a short distance to the east of
Batagay-Alyta
Batagay-Alyta (; , ), also known as Sakkyryr (; , ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. Its po ...
.
See also
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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 ...
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Yana Plateau
The Yana Plateau (, ) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Google Earth
The plateau lies in an uninhabited area where solitude prevails. It was first surveyed and mapped in 1868 by Gerhard von Mayde ...