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Prilensky Plateau
The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau ( rus, Приленское плато, ''Prilenskoye Plato''; sah, Өлүөнэтээҕи хаптал хайалаах сир), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is ...
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Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
* Lena, Norway, a village in ...
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Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far E ...
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The Suola (russian: Суола) is a river in the
Sakha Republic,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
. It is a right
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
of the
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
* Lena, Norway, a village in ...
and has a length of .
Russian State Water Register - Suola River
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The famous hill Suullar Myraan is located in the river valley.
Course
The river begins in the Lena Plateau
The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau ( rus, Приленское плато, ''Prilenskoye Plato''; sah, Өлүөнэтээҕи хаптал хайалаах сир), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is m ...
(Приленское плато) at an elevation of . It flows roughly westwards across the lowland, with the Myla to the south among almost 1,500 lakes. The river joins the Lena from its mouth on the eastern bank, a little north of Yakutsk
Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one ...
, the capital of the Sakha Republic.[ Google Earth]
The Suola freezes between October and mid May. It flows across the Amginsky District
Amginsky District (russian: Амги́нский улу́с; sah, Амма улууһа, ''Amma uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district ( raion, or ''ulus''), one ...
and the Megino-Kangalassky District
Megino-Kangalassky District (russian: Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; sah, Мэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Menge Khangalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and munici ...
and there are numerous settlements in its basin such as Satagay, Mukuluk, Suola, Byuteydyakh, Tyokhtyur and Tomtor Tomtor (russian: Томтор) is the name of several rural localities in the Sakha Republic, Russia:
*Tomtor, Megino-Kangalassky District, Sakha Republic, a '' selo'' in Tomtorsky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District
* Tomtor, Oymyakonsky ...
. This river is an important source of drinking water for many villages.[Suola At Butyaidyakh - Statistics](_blank)
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The main tributaries of the Suola are the long Kuollara (Куоллара) and the long Tyere (Тиере), both joining it from the right side.
(in Russian)
See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European Russia, European and an North Asia, Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. Th ...
References
External links
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Geography - Yakutia Organized
Rivers of the Sakha Republic