Kele (river)

The Kele originates in a small lake (1.5 km² (0.58 sq mi)) in the slopes of the southwestern Verkhoyansk Range. In the upper section of its course the river flows across mountainous terrain, heading roughly southwestwards in a narrow valley bound by the Munni Range on the western and the Sordogin Range on the eastern side. There are seven ice fields in the river basin with a total area of 28 km² (11 sq mi).^[3][4]

After leaving the mountainous area the Kele flows roughly in the same direction in its middle and lower course. It meanders across a floodplain dotted with about 900 lakes where the riverbed divides into slowly-flowing arms. Finally the Kele meets the right bank of the Aldan River, a little upstream from the mouth of the Tumara and downstream of the Tukulan.^[5][3][6] The river freezes between mid October and mid May.^[4]

The Kele's main tributary is the 98 km (61 mi) long Eyeges (Эйэгес), having its source in the Kelter Range and joining it from the right side.^[4]

• List of rivers of Russia