Selennyakh
Selennyakh 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
- 67.78°, 141.13°
About Selennyakh
The Selennyakh (Russian: Селеннях; Yakut: Силээннээх, romanized: Sileenneex) is a river in Sakha Republic, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Indigirka.
The length of the river is 796 kilometres (495 mi). The area of its drainage basin is 30,800 square kilometres (11,900 mi2).
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Selennyakh (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Selennyakh in Depth
Course
It originates in the north-west of the Chersky Range. The river flows southeastwards through the Moma-Selennyakh Depression which is bound in this area by the Burkat and Khadaranya ranges, and in the east by the Selennyakh Range, then the river flows across the Ust-Yansky District, where Sayylyk, the only inhabited place of its basin is found.
In its middle course the Selennyakh makes a wide bend northeastwards and then flows across the Aby Lowland in a roughly eastern direction until it reaches the left bank of the Indigirka. The Selennyakh is frozen between October and May.
According to the State Water Register of Russia, it is a part of the Lena basin district. The average annual discharge in the mouth is 180 cubic metres per second (6,400 cu ft/s).
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Selennyakh (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Selennyakh: Key Facts
| Length | 796 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 180 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 30,800 km² |
| Mouth | Indigirka |
Facts from Wikidata Q1784612 (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
Selennyakh: Quick Answers
- Where is Selennyakh?
- Selennyakh is located in Russia, at 67.7761° N, 141.1349° E.
- Are there dams on the Selennyakh?
- No dam on the Selennyakh is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.