The Nadym () is a

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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (; ) also known as Yamalia () is a federal subject of Russia and an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Salekhard, and its largest city is Novy Urengoy. The 2021 Russian ...

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. The length of the Nadym is . The area of its basin is . It is known for having a very rickety

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for summer use while winter roads go over the ice. A new fixed bridge for combined road and rail use is to be finished by the end of 2015.

Course

The river originates in Lake Numto, in the

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and flows into the

Kara Sea The Kara Sea is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. Ultimately the Kara, Barents and Laptev Seas are all ...

through the

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. Its mouth is very near to the mouth of the Ob. It freezes up in October and stays under the ice until late May. The

Levaya Khetta The Levaya Khetta () is a river in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Nadym.Nadym Nadym () is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the river Nadym. The population has fluctuated over time: Etymology There are three several translations from the Nenets language: # ''"nyadey ya"'' – mossy place # ' ...

is located on the river Nadym.

References

Rivers of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Drainage basins of the Kara Sea {{Siberia-river-stub