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The Chaun () is a stream in Far East Siberia. It flows roughly northwards, passing through the sparsely populated areas of the Siberian tundra. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .


Course

The Chaun originates in rivers flowing from the
Ilirney Range The Ilirney Range () is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Ilirney is located southwest of the central area of the range. Bilibino is loca ...
and the northwestern edge of the crater of
Lake Elgygytgyn Lake Elgygytgyn, also transcripted El'gygytgyn, ( Russian and Chukchi: Эльгыгытгын) is a crater lake in Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in northeast Siberia, about southeast of Chaunskaya Bay. The word "Elgygytgyn" ...
(Maly Chaun). After joining they flow into the
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at Chaun Bay, south of the port town
Pevek Pevek (; Chukchi language, Chukchi: , ''Pèèkin'' / ''Pèèk'') is an Arctic port types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Chaunsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Chaunskaya Bay (pa ...
. The river Palyavaam discharges into a right distributary of the Chaun.River description & location
/ref> Its most important tributaries are the Ugatkyn from the
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side and the Milguveyem from its right side. The Chaun river gives the Chaun Bay its name. The Chaun and its tributaries belong to the
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka ( ; ), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an Autonomous okrugs of Russia, autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a border wi ...
administrative region of
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.


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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*   Rivers of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Drainage basins of the East Siberian Sea {{FarEast-Russia-river-stub