Ukukit
The Ukukit (Russian: Укукит) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of 347 kilometres (216 mi). Its drainage basin area is 5,000 square kilometres (1,900 sq mi).[1]
| Ukukit Укукит | |
|---|---|
 Course of the Ukukit ONC map section | |
  Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia  Ukukit (Russia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Federal subject | Yakutia |
| District | Olenyoksky District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Central Siberian Plateau |
| • coordinates | 68°43′31″N 114°07′50″E |
| • elevation | 272 m (892 ft) |
| Mouth | Olenyok |
• coordinates | 69°32′29″N 118°11′05″E |
• elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Length | 347 km (216 mi) |
| Basin size | 5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Olenyok→Laptev Sea |
The river flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of the Olenyoksky District devoid of settlements.[2] In the 1980s kimberlite dikes were discovered by geologists in the basin of the Ukukit.[3]
Course
The Ukukit is a left tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are in the northeastern corner of the Central Siberian Plateau. It heads first eastwards and, about halfway down its course, it bends and flows roughly northeastwards. Finally the river joins the left bank of the Olenyok 13 km (8.1 mi) upstream from the confluence of the Birekte, 682 km (424 mi) upstream of its mouth.[4][2]
The Ukukit is fed by rain and snow. It is frozen between early October and late May or early June. Its longest tributary is the 70 kilometres (43 mi) long Kutuguna from the left.[1]
See also
References
- "Река Укукит in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- "Топографска карта R-49 50; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- O.B. Oleinikov. Mineralogy of alkaline titanates-bearing kimberlite from a dike, West-Ukukit kimberlite field, Yakutia
- Google Earth
