The Menkere (; , ''Meŋkere'') is a river in
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russia
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. It is one of the major tributaries of the
Lena. The river has a length of — together with the Syncha— and a drainage basin area of .
The Menkere flows across desolate territories of
Zhigansky District.
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Course
The Menkere is a right tributary
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of the Lena. It is formed on the western slopes of the Orulgan Range of the Verkhoyansk Range system, at the confluence of two long mountain rivers, the long Syncha and the long Nyoloon.[Orulgan (mountains)](_blank)
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; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. It flows first roughly westwards. After leaving the mountains it heads southwestwards into the Central Yakutian Lowland, forming meander
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s in the flat permafrost
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floodplain. After a stretch it bends and flows roughly northwestwards. Finally it bends again and heads westwards for a stretch until it joins the right bank of the Lena from its mouth, near the mouth of the Motorchuna in the opposite bank.[Water of Russia - Мэнкэрэ]
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The longest tributary of the Menkere is the long Dyuyogyesinde from the left.[ By the river are ice fields with total area of . The last half of the river course describes a wide, roughly semicircular, arch around the southern area of Ulakhan-Kyuel lake.]Google Earth
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Fauna
Among the fish species found in the waters of the Menkere lenok, pike, grayling and taimen are worth mentioning.[Охота на «речного тигра». река Мэҥкэрэ Якутия]
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
Fishing & Tourism in YakutiaПутешествие на Мэнкэрэ в поиске новых мест!
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Verkhoyansk Range
Central Yakutian Lowland
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