Ukelayat

The Ukelayat (Russian: Укэлаят; Koryak: Вуквылгаят) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. The length of the river is 118 kilometres (73 mi) and the area of is drainage basin 6,820 square kilometres (2,630 sq mi).[1]

Ukelayat
Укэлаят / Вуквылгаят
Course of the Ukelayat map section
Ukelayat is located in Kamchatka Krai
Ukelayat
Mouth location in Kamchatka Krai
Location
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKamchatka Krai
DistrictOlyutorsky District
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKoryak Highlands
 • coordinates61°59′28″N 170°53′0″E
 • elevationca 1,000 metres (3,300 ft)
MouthBering Sea
 • coordinates
61°43′15″N 173°31′12″E
 • elevation
0 metres (0 ft)
Length118 km (73 mi)
Basin size6,820 km2 (2,630 sq mi)

The name of the river comes from the Koryak "vukvylgayat" (Вуквылгаят), meaning "rock/fall".[2]

Course

The Ukelayat has its source in the Koryak Highlands. It is fed by glaciers of the northern slopes of the adjoining ranges. It flows roughly eastwards within a valley bound by the Pikas Range to the north and the Ukelayat Range to the south. The river divides into channels along its middle and lower course. Its mouth is in the small Dezhnyov Bay of the Bering Sea.[3][4]

Its main tributary is the 148 km (92 mi) long Pikasvayam, joining it from the left about halfway through its course.[1]

Flora and fauna

The river basin is characterized by tundra vegetation, including mosses, lichens, dwarf shrubs, and sedges.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Река Укэлаят in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. Leontiev V.V. , Novikova K.A. Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov ; FEB AS USSR . North-East complex. Research Institute. Lab. archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magadan . book. publishing house , 1989. - S. 290. - 456 p. — ISBN 5-7581-0044-7 .
  3. Google Earth
  4. Water of Russia - Корякское нагорье (ледниковая система)
  5. V. Yu. Neshataeva, Vegetation cover of the North of the Kamchatka Okrug (Kamchatsky Krai) and its geobotanical zoning // Ecology and geography of plants and plant communities: Proceedings of the IV International Scientific Conference. - Yekaterinburg, 2018. - April 16. — ISBN 978-5-7741-0341-6
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