Alazeya
Alazeya is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 68.49°, 152.89°
About Alazeya
The Alazeya (Russian: Алазея; Yakut: Алаһыай, romanized: Alahıay) is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia, Russia which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger Indigirka to the west and the Kolyma to the east.
Mount Kisilyakh-Tas is a notable kigilyakh site on the right bank of the Alazeya River at 69°42′N 155°0′E.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Alazeya (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Alazeya in Depth
Geography
The river is 1,590 kilometres (990 mi) long. The area of its basin is 64,700 square kilometres (25,000 mi2).
The Alazeya is formed at the confluence of the Nelkan and Kadylchan rivers in the slopes of the Alazeya Plateau. It crosses roughly northwards through the tundra meandering among the flat, marshy areas of the Kolyma Lowland, part of the greater East Siberian Lowland. Finally the Alazeya drains into the Kolyma Bay of the East Siberian Sea, close to Logashkino. The river freezes in late September through early October and stays icebound until late May through early June. There are more than 24,000 lakes in its basin.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Alazeya (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Alazeya: Key Facts
| Length | 1,590 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 320 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 64,700 km² |
| Mouth | East Siberian Sea |
| Tributaries | Rossokha, Buor-Yuryakh |
Facts from Wikidata Q82228 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Alazeya: Quick Answers
- Where is Alazeya?
- Alazeya is located in Russia, at 68.4941° N, 152.8938° E.
- Are there dams on the Alazeya?
- No dam on the Alazeya is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.