Uele (Yakutia)

The Uele (Russian: Уэле; Yakut: Үөлэ, Üöle) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It has a length of 313 kilometres (194 mi) and its drainage basin area is 19,200 square kilometres (7,400 sq mi).[1] The river basin is a desolate area devoid of human settlements.[2]

For the river in Africa, see Uele River.
Uele
Уэле / Үөлэ
Anabar basin with the Uele in the upper right
Uele (Yakutia) is located in Sakha Republic
Uele (Yakutia)
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Uele (Yakutia) is located in Russia
Uele (Yakutia)
Uele (Yakutia) (Russia)
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNear lake Sobaka-Lakh
 • coordinates72°18′04″N 117°53′16″E
MouthAnabar Bay
Laptev Sea
 • coordinates
73°20′36″N 113°48′46″E
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length313 km (194 mi)
Basin size19,200 km2 (7,400 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average96 m3/s (3,400 cu ft/s)

Course

The Uele has its sources near lake Sobaka-Lakh in the North Siberian Lowland. The river flows roughly northwestwards in a winding channel across a floodplain with numerous lakes. Finally it enters the eastern side of the inner Anabar Bay just east of the mouth of the Anabar.[3][4]

Tributaries

Its main tributaries are the Kraynyaya, Bayan, Darkylakh, Onkuchakh-Yuryakh and Salga from the right, as well as the Khatygyn-Uelete, Byorolyokh-Ayan and Sasyr-Tyobyulekh from the left.[2]

Fauna

The Uele is frozen most of the year. It stays under ice between the end of September/beginning of October and the end of May/beginning of June. The river is an important habitat for nelma, as recorded in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Река Юёлэ in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. Water of Russia - Уэле
  3. Google Earth
  4. "Топографска карта S-49-XXIX,XXX; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. Nelma (Uelenskaya population). Stenodus leucichthys - Red Book of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) . Protected Areas of Russia
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