Indigirka | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of the Tuora-Yuryakh and Taryn-Yuryakh |
• elevation | 792 metres (2,598 ft) |
Mouth | East Siberian Sea |
• coordinates | 71°26′32″N 150°51′39″E / 71.4422°N 150.8608°E |
Length | 1,726 km (1,072 mi) |
Basin size | 360,400 km2 (139,200 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 1,810 m3/s (64,000 cu ft/s) |
The Indigirka (Russian: Индиги́рка; Yakut: Индигиир, romanized: İndigîr) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is 1,726 kilometres (1,072 mi) long. The area of its basin is 360,000 square kilometres (140,000 sq mi).[1]