The Molodo (, , ''Muolada'') is a river in

Bulunsky District Bulunsky District (; , ''Buluŋ uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is the mos ...

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, and the largest federal subject of Russia by area. It is located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million ...

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. It is a major left tributary of the

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. The Molodo is long, and the area of its basin . The banks of the Molodo are not inhabited. River sediments contain alluvial gold and diamonds.

Geography

The Molodo originates at the confluence of the Molodo-Khangas-Anabyla and the Molodo-Unga-Anabyla in the

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, western part of Bulunsky District. From the source it flows southwest, subsequently south, and accepts the Khastakh from the left. Downstream of the mouth of the Khastakh the Molodo turns east, accepts the Daldyn from the left and turns southeast. Below the mouth of the

Syungyude The Syungyude (, , ''Süŋgüde'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the largest tributary of the Molodo, of the Lena (river), Lena basin. Its length is and the area of its basin . The Syungyude flows across the Zhigansk ...

the Molodo turns northwest, accepts the Muogdan from the left and turns right. The mouth of the Molodo is upstream of the mouth of the Lena. The

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of the Molodo includes the southwestern part of Bulunsky District and the northwestern part of

Zhigansky District Zhigansky District (; ) 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 northern central part of the ...

Tributaries

The longest tributary of the Molodo is the long

, joining it from the right.

Geology

A geological outcrop along the river ("Molodo river section") was a candidate for the

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of the base of

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. If chosen, the stage would have been named Molodian, after the river.

References

{{Reflist Rivers of the Sakha Republic

Geography

Tributaries

Geology

See also

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