Dulgalakh

The Dulgalakh (Russian: Дулгалах; Yakut: Дулҕалаах, Dulğalaax) is a river in Yakutia, the left, western source river of the Yana. Its length is 507 km (315 mi) and its basin size 27,300 square kilometres (10,541 sq mi).[1]

Dulgalakh
Дулҕалаах
Basin of the Yana.
Native nameДулҕалаах (Yakut)
Location
CountryYakutia, Russia
Physical characteristics
MouthYana
  location
Confluence with the Sartang
  coordinates
67°27′51″N 133°14′51″E
  elevation
132 m (433 ft)
Length507 km (315 mi)
Basin size27,300 km2 (10,500 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average101 m3/s (3,600 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionYanaLaptev Sea

Course

The Dulgalakh rises on the central Verkhoyansk Range, south of the southern slopes of the Arkachan Plateau. It flows through Kobyaysky and Verkhoyansky districts. Above Verkhoyansk it merges with the Sartang forming the Yana.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Река Дулгалаах in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. Дулгалах — статья из Большой советской энциклопедии. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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