The Taskan ( rus, Таскан) is a river in the

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and Yagodninsky districts of

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. It is a left hand tributary of the

Kolyma Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River ...

. Its length is , with a

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of .Russian State Water Register - Река Таскан
/ref> The Taskan was first mapped in the 19th century by explorer

Jan Czerski Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski (russian: Иван Дементьевич Черский; 3 May 1845, in Swolna – 25 June 1892, nr. Kolyma) was a Polish paleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia. He was e ...

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and

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are found in the waters of the river.Water of Russia, Таскан
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Course

The Taskan River begins in the southeastern slopes of high Mount Shoguchan, at the eastern end of the

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in an area of

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s, the largest of which is . It heads roughly southeastwards across

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terrain covered by tundra vegetation interspersed with sparse taiga. Finally it joins the left bank of the Kolyma between the Kolyma Dam and the Ust-Srednekan Dam, Google Earth from its mouth. The Taskan is located in a sparsely-populated region of severe cold winters. Its main tributaries are the Mylga and the Sudar. The only populated places by the river were the now abandoned villages of Taskan and Elgen, as well as the also abandoned Ust-Taskan settlement located at the confluence with the Kolyma. The river usually freezes in early October and stays frozen until May. The highest water flow is between mid-May to June in average years.

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Ust-Srednekan hydroelectric power plant
Rivers of Magadan Oblast

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