The Selennyakh (; ) is a river in

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. It is a left

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of the

Indigirka 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 ...

. The length of the river is . The area of its

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is .

Course

It originates in the north-west 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 ...

. The river flows southeastwards through the Moma-Selennyakh Depression which is bound in this area by the

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and Khadaranya ranges, and in the east by the

Selennyakh Range The Selennyakh Range (, ''Selennyakhsky Khrebet''; ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation.''Selennyakhsky Khrebet'' / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; i ...

, then the river flows across the

Ust-Yansky District Ust-Yansky 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 north of the republic in ...

, where Sayylyk, the only inhabited place of its basin is found. In its middle course the Selennyakh makes a wide bend northeastwards and then flows across the

Aby Lowland The Aby Lowland (; ) is a low alluvial plain located in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the territory of the lowland is part of Aby District ''(Aby Ulus)''. Geography The lowland is crossed by ...

in a roughly eastern direction until it reaches the left bank of the Indigirka. The Selennyakh is frozen between October and May.Article
in

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According to the State Water Register of Russia, it is a part of the

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basin district. The average annual discharge in the mouth is .

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Rivers of the Sakha Republic