The Khanda (; , ''Xanda''), also known as Belaya (), is a river in the Sakha Republic (
Yakutia
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),
Russia
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, a right tributary of the
Aldan Aldan may refer to:
People
*Gille Aldan, the first bishop of Galloway, Scotland
*Andrey Aldan-Semenov (1908–1985), Russian writer
*Duke Aldan, a fictional character in ''Langrisser IV'' video game
Places
*Aldan, Russia, a town in the Sakha Repub ...
, part of the Lena basin.
The Khanda 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 inhabited places are Khandyga of
Tompo District
Tomponsky District (; , ''Tompo uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the administrative divisions of the Sakha Republic, thirty-four in the Sakha Rep ...
Ust-Maysky District
Ust-Maysky District (; , ''Uus-Maaya uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the ea ...
to the north and south of the river's mouth respectively.
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rafting
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and
kayaking
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The Khanda originates in the Sette-Daban slopes, not far west of the
Skalisty Range
The Skalisty Range (; ) is a range of mountains in far Russian Far East, North-eastern Russia, part of the East Siberian System. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. The area of the range is remote and desolate. The ...
, in the southern area of the Verkhoyansk mountain system.
In the upper section of its course the river flows across mountainous terrain, heading roughly westwards and cutting across the
Ulakhan-Bom
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. The river turns then northwestwards flanking the northern end of the
Kyllakh Range
The Kyllakh Range (; ) is a range of mountains in the Russian Federation. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. It is the smallest of the ranges which are part of the southern prolongation of the Verkhoyansk Range, Eas ...
. Finally the Khanda makes a wide bend to the southwest and meets the right bank of the
Aldan River
The Aldan ( Sakha and ) is the second-longest right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.Allakh-Yun, from the confluence of the Aldan with the
Lena River
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List of rivers of Russia
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