The Tatta (russian: Татта; sah, Таатта) is a river in the Sakha Republic (

Yakutia 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 Eas ...

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, a left tributary of the

Aldan Aldan may refer to: ;People *Gille Aldan, the first bishop of Galloway, Scotland * Andrey Aldan-Semenov (1908–1985), Russian writer *Duke Aldan, a fictional character in '' Langrisser IV'' video game ;Places *Aldan, Russia, a town in the Sakha R ...

, part 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 � ...

basin. The Tatta has a length of and a drainage basin area of . There are many inhabited places close to the banks of the Tatta, especially in its upper and middle reaches, including

Churapcha Churapcha (russian: Чурапча́; sah, Чурапчы) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Churapchinsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. Population: ...

and Ytyk-Kyuyol towns, as well as Uolba, Bulun,

Dyabyla Dyabyla (russian: Дябыла) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Ozhulunsky Rural Okrug in Churapchinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Churapcha, the administrative center of the district ...

, Kharbala 1st, Kharbala 2nd, Cherkyokh, Borobul and Tolon villages.

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Tatta District of the Sakha Republic was named after the river. The R504 Kolyma Highway crosses the Tatta roughly in the middle of its course.

Course

The Tatta originates in the eastern slopes of the Lena Plateau and is the 7th longest tributary of the Aldan. It flows roughly northwards across a wide, flat valley marked by

permafrost Permafrost is ground that continuously remains below 0 °C (32 °F) for two or more years, located on land or under the ocean. Most common in the Northern Hemisphere, around 15% of the Northern Hemisphere or 11% of the global surface ...

and

thermokarst Thermokarst is a type of terrain characterised by very irregular surfaces of marshy hollows and small hummocks formed as ice-rich permafrost thaws. The land surface type occurs in Arctic areas, and on a smaller scale in mountainous areas such as ...

zones. The source of the river and the first of its course lie in the Amga District where the river flows in a northeastern direction, which continues further on across the entire Churapcha District. In its lower course the Tatta bends northwards east of

town and enters the Tatta District flowing slowly and

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...

ing until its mouth. The Tatta meets the left side of the Aldan very near the mouth of the

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on the facing bank, from its confluence with the Lena.1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-7
/ref>Tatta - Water of Russia
/ref> The main tributaries of the Tatta are the long Khondu from the right, as well as the long North Namara and long Kutalakh from the left. There are about 2,300 lakes in the Tatta basin. One of them Ytyk-Kyuyol, meaning "

sacred lake Sacred waters are sacred natural sites characterized by tangible topographical land formations such as rivers, lakes, springs, reservoirs, and oceans, as opposed to holy water which is water elevated with the sacramental blessing of a cleric. T ...

" in the Yakut language, gives its name to Ytyk-Kyuyol, the seat of the Tatta District. Another important lake in the river basin is Churapcha Lake, a

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. The Tatta basin has a harsh

continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...

, with long, cold winters. The river freezes in October and stays frozen until the second half of May.Nature.ykt
/ref> Compared to other watercourses in Yakutia, the Tatta is not a mighty river. It has a rather feeble

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and in dry years the river may dry up in the summer. However, there are years in which it may cause disastrous floods.H Takakura.''Limits of pastoral adaptation to permafrost regions caused by climate change among the Sakha people in the middle basin of Lena River''
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References

External links

Memory and Indigenous Identity in Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Rivers of the Sakha Republic Central Yakutian Lowland {{Russia-river-stub

Course

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