The Tsipikan () is a river in

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. It is the second largest tributary of the

Tsipa The Tsipa () is the largest tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Maksim Perfilyev was the first Russian to reach the Tsipa in 1640. Perch, pike, lenok, grayling, taimen and whitefish are also ...

, after the Amalat, of the

Vitim Vitim () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities * Vitim, Sakha Republic, an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Lensky District of the Sakha Republic * Vitim, Republic of Buryatia, a rural locality (a ...

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/ref> The river is long, and has a

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of . There is gold mining in the banks of the river.

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The Tsipikan is a tributary of the Tsipa. It has its sources in the eastern slopes of the Ikat Range. First it flows northeastwards as it progresses across the mountains of the northwestern corner of the

Vitim Plateau Vitim Plateau is a plateau in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The plateau is sparsely populated; the main settlements are Romanovka, Republic of Buryatia, Romanovka and Bagdarin. An area of the plateau is an ancient volcanic field with a ...

. Its course slows down and becomes marshy in the Kapylyushi lake area, south of the slopes of the

Bolshoy Khapton The Bolshoy Khapton () is a mountain range in Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The nearest airport is Bagdarin Airport.Google Earth Geography This mountain range is located in the northeastern part of the Vitim Plateau. It stretches from s ...

. After a sharp turn to the southeast, and then northeast, it ends up flowing northwards

meandering 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 or river cliff) and deposits sediments on an inn ...

strongly and finally entering the eastern shore of lake

Baunt Baunt (; , ''Baunt nuur'') is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The village of Kurort Baunt, where there are some hot springs, is located on the southwestern shore of the lake, at the foot of Mt Bol ...

.Arctic net - Tsipikan
/ref> Tsipikan village is located on the right bank of the river. There are many swampy stretches in the Tsipikan basin, as well as 863 lakes with a total area of . The main tributaries of the Tsipikan are the long Taloy from the right, and the long Gorbylok. The river is frozen between mid October and end of April. The ice may reach a thickness of .

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