The Kele (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic (
Yakutia
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),
Russia
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, a right tributary of the
Aldan, part of the
Lena basin.
The Kele has a length of and a
drainage basin
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area of .
There are no settlements in the area of the river. The nearest village is
Segyan-Kyuyol to the west, in the
Tumara basin.
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Course
The Kele originates in a small lake () in the slopes of the southwestern
Verkhoyansk Range. In the upper section of its course the river flows across mountainous terrain, heading roughly southwestwards in a narrow valley bound by the
Munni Range on the western and the
Sordogin Range on the eastern side. There are seven
ice fields in the river basin with a total area of .
[
After leaving the mountainous area the Kele flows roughly in the same direction in its middle and lower course. It ]meander
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s across a floodplain
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dotted with about 900 lakes where the riverbed divides into slowly-flowing arms. Finally the Kele meets the right bank of the Aldan River, a little upstream from the mouth of the Tumara and downstream of the Tukulan.[1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-6]
/ref>[Aldan - Water of Russia]
/ref> The river freezes between mid October and mid May.[
The Kele's main tributary is the long Eyeges (Эйэгес), having its source in the Kelter Range and joining it from the right side.][Nature.ykt]
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland
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