Buor-Yuryakh

The Buor-Yuryakh (Russian: Буор-Юрях; Yakut: Буор-Үрэх, Buor-Ürex) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the second largest tributary of the Alazeya. The river has a length of 244 kilometres (152 mi) and a drainage basin area of 5,170 square kilometres (2,000 sq mi).[1]

For other rivers of the same name, see Buor-Yuryakh (disambiguation).
Buor-Yuryakh
Буор-Юрях / Буор-Үрэх
Buor-Yuryakh course ONC map section
Buor-Yuryakh is located in Sakha Republic
Buor-Yuryakh
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKolyma Lowland
 • coordinates67°57′29″N 149°54′24″E
MouthAlazeya
 • coordinates
68°07′44″N 152°12′26″E
Length244 km (152 mi)
Basin size5,170 km2 (2,000 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionAlazeya → Laptev Sea

The Buor-Yuryakh flows north of the Arctic Circle, across desolate territories of the Srednekolymsky District.[2][3] The name of the river comes from the Yakut "Буор Үрэх" "Buor" = earth, clay / "Yurekh" = river.

Course

The Buor-Yuryakh is a right tributary of the Alazeya. It has its sources in the Kolyma Lowland, off the southern foothills of the Alazeya Plateau. The river flows across a floodplain among numerous lakes forming meanders all along its course. It heads first in a roughly southeastward direction. South of the area of lake Ilka it bends and turns east. Then it turns northeastwards to the east of the lake, bending again eastwards after a stretch, leaving lake Balyma to the south. Finally the Buor-Yuryakh bends northwards to the west of lake Nikolskoye and joins the Alazeya 1,012 km (629 mi) from its mouth.[2][4][3]

Tributaries

The main tributary of the Buor-Yuryakh is the 102 km (63 mi) long Rassokha that joins its right bank 6.2 km (3.9 mi) before the confluence with the Alazeya.[5] There are more than 2,100 lakes in the river basin. The Buor-Yuryakh is frozen between the first half of October and early June.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Река Буор-Юрэх in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. "R-55_56 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. Google Earth
  4. "Q-55_56 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. "Река Рассоха in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  6. Буор-Юрях - nature.ykt
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