The Khatyngnakh (; , ''Xatıŋnaax''), or Khatynnakh (Хатыннах), is a river in the
Sakha Republic
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. It is the longest tributary of the
Uyandina. The river has a length of — together with the
Donskaya— and a
drainage basin
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area of .
The Khatyngnakh is fed by snow and rain. It flows north of the
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, across desolate territories of the
Aby District.
Course
The Khatyngnakh is a left
tributary
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of the Uyandina. It is formed by the confluence of the long Donskaya from the left and the long 2nd Nonchondzhya (2-я Нонгонджя) from the right, both rivers having their sources in the southern slopes of the
Polousny Range.
The Khatyngnakh flows meandering roughly southwards across a vast
floodplain in the northern sector of the
Aby Lowland, where there are innumerable lakes and swamps. Finally the river joins the left bank of the Uyandina from its mouth in the
Indigirka.
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Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Khatyngnakh are the long
Esterikteekh (Эстэриктээх), the long Ryumkalaakh (Рюмкалаах) and the long Bysagyrdaakh (Бысагырдаах) on the right, as well as the long
Mekchirge (Мэкчиргэ) and the long Kirdik (Кирдик) on the left. The river is frozen between the beginning of October and the beginning of June. There are more than 1,500 lakes in its basin with a total area of .
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See also
* List of rivers of Russia
References
External links
Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
East Siberian Lowland
Indigirka basin
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