Uele (Yakutia)

The Uele (Russian: Уэле; Yakut: Үөлэ) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It has a length of 313 kilometres (194 mi) and its drainage basin area is 19,200 square kilometres (7,400 sq mi).[1] The river basin is a desolate area devoid of human settlements.[2]

For the river in Africa, see Uele River.
Uele
Уэле / Үөлэ
Anabar basin with the Uele in the upper right
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Uele (Yakutia) (Russia)
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNear lake Sobaka-Lakh
 • coordinates72°18′04″N 117°53′16″E
MouthAnabar Bay
Laptev Sea
 • coordinates
73°20′36″N 113°48′46″E
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length313 km (194 mi)
Basin size19,200 km2 (7,400 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average96 m3/s (3,400 cu ft/s)

Course

The Uele has its sources near lake Sobaka-Lakh in the North Siberian Lowland. The river flows roughly northwestwards in a winding channel across a floodplain with numerous lakes. Finally it enters the eastern side of the inner Anabar Bay just east of the mouth of the Anabar.[3][4]

Tributaries

Its main tributaries are the Kraynyaya, Bayan, Darkylakh, Onkuchakh-Yuryakh and Salga from the right, as well as the Khatygyn-Uelete, Byorolyokh-Ayan and Sasyr-Tyobyulekh from the left.[2]

Fauna

The Uele is frozen most of the year. It stays under ice between the end of September/beginning of October and the end of May/beginning of June. The river is an important habitat for nelma, as recorded in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation.[5]

See also

References
  1. Река Юёлэ in the State Water Register of Russia (in Russian)
  2. Water of Russia - Уэле
  3. Google Earth
  4. "Топографска карта S-49-XXIX,XXX; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. Nelma (Uelenskaya population). Stenodus leucichthys - Red Book of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) . Protected Areas of Russia
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