Indigirka

Also known as Indigirka River, Protoka Srednyaya

The Indigirka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is .

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The Indigirka is a major river in northeastern Russia, located in the Sakha Republic between two other significant rivers, the Yana and the Kolyma. It is an important geographical feature of Russia's remote Far Eastern region.

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River.name: Indigirka
River.image: Усть-Нера._Вид_с_горы..jpg
River.image_caption: At Ust-Nera
River.map: Indigirkarivermap.png
River.source1: Confluence of the Tuora-Yuryakh and Taryn-Yuryakh
River.mouth: East Siberian Sea
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Russia

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Image: Усть-Нера. Вид с горы..jpg
Length: 1726

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Commons category: Indigirka River
watershed area: 360000
discharge: 1570
native label: Индигиир

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The Indigirka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is .

==History== The isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigirka, is known for the unique traditional culture of the Russian settlers whose ancestors came there several centuries ago. Some historians have speculated that Russkoye Ustye was settled by Pomors in the early 17th century.