Uele (Yakutia)
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| Uele Уэле / Үөлэ | |
|---|---|
.png) Sentinel-2 picture of Anabar Bay with the Uele in the lower right | |
  Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia  Uele (Yakutia) (Russia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Near lake Sobaka-Lakh |
| • coordinates | 72°18′04″N 117°53′16″E / 72.30111°N 117.88778°E |
| Mouth | Anabar Bay Laptev Sea |
• coordinates | 73°20′36″N 113°48′46″E / 73.34333°N 113.81278°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 313 km (194 mi) |
| Basin size | 19,200 km2 (7,400 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 96 m3/s (3,400 cu ft/s) |
The Uele (Russian: Уэле; Yakut: Үөлэ, Üöle) 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 mi2).[1] The river basin is a desolate area devoid of human settlements.[2]
Tributaries
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]
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]
