The Ukukit () is a river in

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. It is a

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of the Olenyok with a length of . Its

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area is . The river flows north of the

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across a lonely, desolate area of the

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devoid of settlements. In the 1980s

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were discovered by geologists in the basin of the Ukukit.O.B. Oleinikov. ''Mineralogy of alkaline titanates-bearing kimberlite from a dike, West-Ukukit kimberlite field, Yakutia''
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The Ukukit is a left tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are in the northeastern corner of the

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. It heads first eastwards and, about halfway down its course, it bends and flows roughly northeastwards. Finally the river joins the left bank of the Olenyok upstream from the confluence of the Birekte, upstream of its mouth.

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The Ukukit is fed by rain and snow. It is frozen between early October and late May or early June. Its longest tributary is the long Kutuguna from the left.

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Viktor Muzis. ''Кимберлитовые дайки реки Укукит''Schematic map of ancient terrains and kimberlitic fields in the Siberian craton
{{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of the Sakha Republic Tributaries of the Olenyok

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