The Timpton (russian: Тимптон; sah, Төмтөөн) is a river in
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russia. It is a right
tributary of the
Aldan River of the
Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
There are no settlements near its banks except for
Nagorny village.
The Timpton is crossed by the
A360 Lena Highway and
coal is mined in the river basin. Up to the present the Timpton is in a relative pristine condition, being a favorite destination for
rafting and
kayaking
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, but construction of the ''Nizhne-Timpton''
hydroelectric power station, approved in 2009, is planned on the river course in the future.
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Grayling
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Animals Fish
* Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus ''Thymallus'' in the family Salmonidae
** European grayling (''Thymallus thymallus''), the European species of the genus ''Thymallus''
** Arctic grayli ...
, whitefish, taimen, rudd, perch and lenok are found in the waters of the river.[Water of Russia - Тимптон](_blank)
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Course
The Timpton is the fourth tributary of the Aldan regarding length and basin area. Its source is located on the northern slopes of the Stanovoy Range, at the southern limit of Yakutia, near the Amur Oblast border.[Timpton (Тимптон) / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017.] First it flows in an eastward direction and then it turns and flows in a roughly northward direction along its course. It crosses the foothills of the Aldan Highlands and its valley marks the western limit of the Sunnagyn Range. Its upper course is tortuous, with frequent rapids. There is no floodplain, but the last stretch is navigable. Finally the Timpton joins the right bank of the Aldan from its mouth.Google Earth
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See also
* List of rivers of Russia
* South Yakutia HPP
References
External links
*
Geography - Yakutia Organized
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Aldan Highlands
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