Gusinaya (river)

The Gusinaya (Russian: Гусиная; Yakut: Хаастаах, Xaastaax) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It has a length of 278 kilometres (173 mi) and a drainage basin area of 5,980 square kilometres (2,310 sq mi).[1]

For the river giving origin to the Indigirka, see Khastakh.
Gusinaya (Xaastaax)
Гусиная / Хаастаах
Course of the Gusinaya ONC map section
Gusinaya (river) is located in Sakha Republic
Gusinaya (river)
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationEmpe-Talalakh
 • coordinates71°39′34″N 146°19′24″E
 • elevation26 metres (85 ft)
MouthEast Siberian Sea
 • location
Gusinaya Bay
 • coordinates
71°40′59″N 148°52′52″E
 • elevation
0 metres (0 ft)
Length278 km (173 mi)
Basin size5,980 km2 (2,310 sq mi)

The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, across territories of the Allaikhovsky District marked by permafrost. There are no settlements along its course, only some hunting huts.[2][3]

Course

The Gusinaya has its sources in the southeastern shore of Empe-Talalakh (Эмпе-Талалах) lake of the northern end of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland, East Siberian Lowland. The river flows roughly southeastwards across partially swampy tundra until the confluence of the 35 km (22 mi) long Alyn-Ergiter-Salaata (Алын-Эргитэр-Салаата), after which it turns eastward. Its channel meanders strongly all along among numerous lakes, some of them quite large. In the lower course the river divides into channels and turns southeast and then northeast, before emptying into the Gusinaya Bay of the East Siberian Sea to the south of the mouth of the Volchya.[2][3]

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Gusinaya are the 115 km (71 mi) long Chaikhana (Чайхана) and the 110 km (68 mi) long Mutnaya (Мутная) on the right. There are about 3,000 lakes in the basin, totaling an area of 418 km2 (161 sq mi). The river is frozen between the beginning of October and mid June.[2][4][1]

See also

References
  1. "Река Гусиная in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. "R-55_56 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. Google Earth
  4. nature.ykt - Гусиная


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