Tabanda (; , ''Tabanca'') is a freshwater lake in the
Moma District,
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russia
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It is one of the largest Alpine lake
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s of the Chersky Range
The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River, Yana and Indigirka River, Indigirka Rivers. Administratively, the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the eas ...
system and is located in a desolate mountainous area where there are few visitors despite the beauty of the landscapes.
Geography
Lake Tabanda is a glacial lake
A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier.
Formation
Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,0 ...
that lies among high mountains at above mean sea level
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in the basin of the Chibagalakh River, part of the Indigirka basin. It is located at the head of the river in the northern slopes of the Chibagalakh Range
The Chibagalakh Range (; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.
Despite the beauty of its landscapes the range is rarely visited owing to its remoteness. In 1977 a group of tourists from Khar ...
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The Tabanda-Seene (Табанда-Сээнэ) river is the outflow of the lake. After its confluence with the Kanelibit, it gives origin to the Chibagalakh, a left hand tributary of the Indigirka.
See also
*List of lakes of Russia
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order:
* Achchyon (Аччён)
* Akush (Акуш)
* Arakhley (Арахле́й)
* Astrodym (Астродым)
* Baikal (Байкал)
* Bakhmatovskoye (Бахматовское)
* Baunt (Баунт)
* Ba ...
*Indigirka River
The Indigirka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is .
History
The isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigi ...
References
External links
Озеро Табанда (Lake Tabanda)
Geographical places in Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia
Tabanda
Tabanda (; , ''Tabanca'') is a freshwater lake in the Moma District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.
It is one of the largest Alpine lakes of the Chersky Range system and is located in a desolate mountainous area where there are few visitor ...
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