Taskan

The Taskan () is a river in the Susuman and Yagodninsky districts of Magadan Oblast, Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Kolyma. Its length is , with a drainage basin of . The Taskan was first mapped in the 19th century by explorer Jan Czerski.

Perch, ruffe, gudgeon and burbot are found in the waters of the river. == Course == The Taskan River begins in the southeastern slopes of high Mount Shoguchan, at the eastern end of the Chersky Range in an area of ice fields, the largest of which is . It heads roughly southeastwards across permafrost terrain covered by tundra vegetation interspersed with sparse taiga. Finally it joins the left bank of the Kolyma between the Kolyma Dam and the Ust-Srednekan Dam, from its mouth.