The Tompo (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic (

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, a right tributary of the

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, part of the

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basin. It has a length of and a

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area of .Tompo - State Water Register of Russia
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Tompo District Tomponsky District (; , ''Tompo uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the administrative divisions of the Sakha Republic, thirty-four in the Sakha Rep ...

. It flows across desolate regions,

Topolinoye Topolinoye () is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Tomponsky National Rural Okrug of the Tompo District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located on the left bank of the Tompo River ...

being the only inhabited place in the long course of the river.

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The Tompo is not navigable.

Course

The Tompo originates in the southern slopes of the

Elgi Plateau The Elgi Plateau (;Soviet General Topographic Maps P-54-V,VI ) is a plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federation. The area is named after the Elgi River, a left tributary of the Indigirka. Formerly there was th ...

. For about , the river displays the characteristics of a typical mountain river, flowing within a deep and narrow valley bound by steep slopes. In its uppermost course the Tompo runs roughly northward along the northern side of the

Suntar-Khayata Suntar-Khayata Range (, ) is a granite mountain range rising along the border of the Sakha Republic in the north with Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai in the south. The R504 Kolyma Highway passes through the northern part of the range by Kyubeme. ...

mountains; after roughly it turns and follows a generally westward direction for about through the southern part of the

. Downstream from the mouth of the

Delinya The Delinya (; ) is a river in Tompo District, Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russian Federation, a right tributary of the Tompo, part of the Aldan (river), Aldan / Lena (river), Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river ...

, its 2nd largest tributary, which flows from the central part of the

Yana-Oymyakon Highlands The Yana-Oymyakon Highlands (; ), also known as Oymyakon Highlands (),Soviet General Topographic Maps P-54-V,VI are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic, Khabarovsk Krai and Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The area i ...

, the Tompo bends SSE into a roughly long deep gorge, separating the

Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (, ''Verhojanskiy Hrebet''; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settlement of Verkhoyansk, well-known for its frigid climate. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains. The range lies just west o ...

proper to the northwest and the group of three parallel ranges formed by the

Ulakhan-Bom The Ulakhan-Bom (; , meaning "Big Obstacle") is a range of mountains in far Russian Far East, North-eastern Russia, a southern prolongation of the Verkhoyansk Range, part of the East Siberian System. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to ...

Sette-Daban The Sette-Daban (, ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range belongs partly to the Sakha Republic and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation. The area of the Sette-Daban is largely uninhabi ...

and the

Skalisty Range The Skalisty Range (; ) is a range of mountains in far Russian Far East, North-eastern Russia, part of the East Siberian System. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. The area of the range is remote and desolate. The ...

to the southeast. After the mouth of the Menkule River, it emerges from the mountains and, flowing in a southwesterly direction, enters the eastern side of the Central Yakutian Plain, where its valley becomes very wide and swampy, its riverbed dividing into lazily-flowing arms as the speed of the flow decreases. Finally the Tompo meets the right bank of the Aldan River, opposite

Megino-Aldan Megino-Aldan (; , ''Meŋe Aldan'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Megino-Aldansky Rural Okrug of Tomponsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Khandyga, the admin ...

village, upstream of the mouth of the

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.Томпо

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1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-6
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Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Tompo are the long Khunkhada and long

from the right, as well as the long Menkule and long Tomporuk from the left. There are 1,662 lakes in the basin of the Tompo with a total area of .Tompo- Water of Russia
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Course

Tributaries

See also

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