The Ichvuveyem (russian: Ичвувеем,
Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ
, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 152 also: Ичувеем ''Ichuveyem'') is a stream in Far East Siberia flowing in a roughly westward direction. Its valley marks the southern limit of the Shelag Range
The Shelag Range, Shelag Ridge (russian: Шелагский хребет) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. The area of the range is ...
. The Ichvuveyem is long, and has a drainage basin of . It passes through the sparsely populated areas of the Siberian tundra and flows into the East Siberian Sea
The East Siberian Sea ( rus, Восто́чно-Сиби́рское мо́ре, r=Vostochno-Sibirskoye more) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the Arctic Cape to the north, the coast of Siberia to the south, the New S ...
at the Chaunskaya Bay
The Chaunskaya Bay or Chaun Bay (russian: Чаунская губа) is an Arctic bay in the East Siberian Sea, in the Chaunsky District of Chukotka, northeast Siberia. There is Port of Pevek.
Geography
The bay is open to the north and is 140& ...
. Its mouth is in a low, marshy area to the NE of the mouth of the Chaun
The Chaun (russian: Чаун) 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 flowi ...
.
The Ichvuveyem and its basin belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a bo ...
administrative region of Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
.
References
External links
* http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm
Location
Tourism and environment
Rivers of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Drainage basins of the East Siberian Sea
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