The Ekityki (russian: Экитыки) is a stream located in
Chukotka, in Far East Siberia. It belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of
Russia
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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The easternmost remains of
woolly rhinoceros
The woolly rhinoceros (''Coelodonta antiquitatis'') is an extinct species of rhinoceros that was common throughout Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene epoch and survived until the end of the last glacial period. The woolly rhinoceros was a me ...
es (Coelodonta antiquitatis) have been found in the Ekityki river basin.
Course
The Ekityki originates in the
Chukotka Mountains
The Chukotka Mountains ( rus, Чукотское нагорье) or Chukotka Upland ''(Чукотская горная страна)'' is a mountainous area in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.[tundra
In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless mo ...]
. It flows across the
Ekityki Lake
The Ekityki Lake (russian: Озеро Экитыки; ''Ozero Ekityki'') is a lake in the Chukotka Mountains, in the Siberian Far East. It belongs to the Ekityki river basin and the Ekityki River flows through it. Geography
The shape of the Ekityk ...
into the left side of the
Amguema
Amguema (russian: Амгуэма; Chukchi: , ''Oʼmvaam'') is a village ('' selo'') in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. Population: the village is based on the Iultin-Egvekinot roa ...
in Central Chukotka. The
Chantalvergyrgyn
The Chantalvergyrgyn (russian: Чантальвэргыргын),Salmon
Salmon () is the common name
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,
whitefish,
vendace,
grayling
Grayling or Greyling may refer to:
Animals Fish
* Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus ''Thymallus'' in the family Salmonidae
** European grayling (''Thymallus thymallus''), the European species of the genus ''Thymallus''
** Arctic grayli ...
,
pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus o ...
,
rainbow herring (northwestern smelt),
burbot
The burbot (''Lota lota'') is the only gadiformes, gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish. It is also known as bubbot, mariah, loche, cusk, freshwater cod, freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, and eelpout. The species ...
,
bull trout
The bull trout (''Salvelinus confluentus'') is a Salvelinus, char of the family Salmonidae native to northwestern North America. Historically, ''S. confluentus'' has been known as the "Dolly Varden trout, Dolly Varden" (''S. malma''), but was re ...
and
loach
Loaches are fish of the superfamily Cobitoidea. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the 1249 known species ...
are common in its waters.
Tourism and Environmental data
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See also
* List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European Russia, European and an North Asia, 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. Th ...
References
Geographic Location
Rivers of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Mountains
Tributaries of the Amguema
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