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The Tuostakh (; , ''Tuostaax'') is a river in the Verkhoyansk District, Sakha (Yakutia),
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. It is a left hand tributary of the
Adycha The Adycha (; ) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Yana, and is long, with a drainage basin of . At the end of the Soviet period, a big dam with a hydroelectric station was planned to be built on ...
, of the
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basin. The river is long, having a
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of .Russian State Water Register - Река Туостах
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are found in the waters of the river. The name of the river originated in the Yakut word "tuos", meaning "
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"Water of Russia - Туостах
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Batagay Batagay (; , ''Baatağay'') is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River. As of the Russian ...
, and the nearest airfield Batagay Airport.
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Course

The Tuostakh begins in the middle section of the
Chersky Range The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River, Yana and Indigirka River, Indigirka Rivers. Administratively, the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the eas ...
at the confluence of rivers Khara-Sala and Boldymba in the western slopes of the Dogdo Range, between the
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and the northern end of the
Chibagalakh Range The Chibagalakh Range (; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Despite the beauty of its landscapes the range is rarely visited owing to its remoteness. In 1977 a group of tourists from Khar ...
. It heads roughly northwest meandering slowly across a very swampy area dotted with small lakes where it divides into channels. After turning west in a wide arch at the feet of the southern side of the Kisilyakh Range the river joins the right bank of the Adycha downstream from the
Charky The Charky (; , ''Çarkı''), also known as Muolakaan (Муолакаан), is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. It is long, with a drainage basin of . Ammonite fossils of ...
.Туостах
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- 3rd ed. - M, 1969-1978.
The main tributaries of the Tuostakh are the Dogdo and the Tirekhtyakh, both from the right. The river freezes in October and stays under thick ice until the end of May or early June. There are about 40
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s in the Tuostakh basin, with a total surface area of .


See also

*
List of rivers of Russia Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained i ...


References

{{Reflist Rivers of the Sakha Republic