Bolshoy Anyuy

The Bolshoy Anyuy (Russian: Большой Анюй; "Great Anyuy") is a river in the Kolyma basin in Far East Siberia. Administratively most of the basin of the Bolshoy Anyuy and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia.

Bolshoy Anyuy
Большой Анюй
The watershed of the Bolshoy Anyuy within the Kolyma basin.
Bolshoy Anyuy is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Bolshoy Anyuy
Location in the Far Eastern Federal District, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
SourceAnadyr Plateau
  locationChukotka Autonomous Okrug
  coordinates66°40′3″N 168°44′36″E
  elevation560 m (1,840 ft)
MouthAnyuy
  location
Sakha Republic
  coordinates
68°27′43″N 160°48′10″E
  elevation
0.2 m (7.9 in)
Length693 km (431 mi)
Basin size57,200 square kilometres (22,100 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average267 m3/s (9,400 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionAnyuyKolymaEast Siberian Sea
Tributaries 
  rightOrlovka

Geography

It flows roughly westwards and passes through the sparsely populated areas of Chukotka, its valley forming the southern border of the Anyuy Range. The Maly Anyuy joins it from the north near the Sakha Republic border and the combined river (now called the Anyuy) properly flows about 20 kilometres (12 mi) to meet the Kolyma at Nizhnekolymsk.

Its length is 693 kilometres (431 mi) and its basin area 57,300 square kilometres (22,100 sq mi).[1][2]

History

In 1650, Mikhail Stadukhin and Semyon Motora found a portage from the upper Bolshoy Anyuy to the upper Anadyr (probably its Yablon branch). This became the main cossack route from the Kolyma to the Pacific.

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