The Sartang (; , ''Sartaŋ'') is a river in the Republic of Sakha in

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. It is the eastern, right source river of the

Yana Yana may refer to: Locations *Yana, Burma, a village in Hkamti Township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma * Yana, India, a village in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India * Yana, Nigeria, an administrative c ...

, and is long, with a

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of .Сартанг — ''статья из Большой советской энциклопедии''.

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The river begins in the

Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (, ''Verhojanskiy Hrebet''; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settlement of Verkhoyansk, well-known for its frigid climate. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains. The range lies just west o ...

at an elevation of . From this area, the Sartang heads north along the Barylas, and continues north along the

Yana Plateau The Yana Plateau (, ) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Google Earth The plateau lies in an uninhabited area where solitude prevails. It was first surveyed and mapped in 1868 by Gerhard von Mayde ...

between the

to the west and 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 ...

to the east. Around southwest of

Verkhoyansk Verkhoyansk ( rus, Верхоянск, p=vʲɪrxɐˈjansk; ) is a town in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River in the Arctic Circle, from Batagay, the administrative center of the district, and nor ...

, the Sartang joins the river

Dulgalakh The Dulgalakh (; , ''Dulğalaax'') is a river in Yakutia, the left, western source river of the Yana. Its length is and its basin size . Course The Dulgalakh rises on the central Verkhoyansk Range, south of the southern slopes of the Arkachan Pl ...

to form the river Yana. The area around the Sartang consists of

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Rivers of the Sakha Republic Verkhoyansk Range {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub

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