The Kanchalan (

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: Канчалан) is a river in

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. It is long, and has a

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of .

History

The Kanchalan and its tributaries belong to the

administrative region of

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. There is a small populated place in the area close to its estuary also called Kanchalan.Kanchalan
- Electoral Commission of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Originally the river appears to have been called the Nyerpicha according to maps of the 17th and 18th centuries. A sedentary people who went on to form the eponymous settlement lived on its banks who called themselves "Konchalyt", (from the Chukchi кончальыт meaning ''Only'') and over time their name became associated with both the settlement and the river itself. In Chukchi, the river is divided into two parts, the lower reaches are called Gytgomkyvaam (Гытгомкываам, lit. Bush River), whilst the upper reaches are called Tadlyeoan (Тадлеоан, lit. The Place of Vengeance) as this was the site of historical battles between the Chukchi,

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and

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Course

Its sources are in the Tumannaya Mountain area of the

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. It meets the

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at the

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through the

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Wildlife

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whales are common in its estuarine waters.

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History

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Wildlife

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