Khastakh
Sign in to saveThe Khastakh or Tuora-Yuryakh (; , Xaastaax) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the two tributaries giving origin to the Indigirka. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The upper stretch of its course is also known as Khalkan.
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- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Sakha
- Continent
- Asia
- Length
- 251
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Indigirka
- watershed area
- 10500
- Commons category
- Tuora-Yuryakh (Indigirka)
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The Khastakh or Tuora-Yuryakh (; , Xaastaax) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the two tributaries giving origin to the Indigirka. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The upper stretch of its course is also known as Khalkan.
The river flows south of the Arctic Circle, across desolate tundra territories of the Oymyakonsky District marked by mountainous terrain and permafrost.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khastakh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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