Khatyrka (river)

Khatyrka
Хатырка / Ватыркан
Panorama of the Khatyrka estuary
Khatyrka (river) is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Khatyrka (river)
Mouth location in Chukotka
Khatyrka (river) is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Khatyrka (river)
Khatyrka (river) (Far Eastern Federal District)
Location
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChukotka Autonomous Okrug
DistrictAnadyr District
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKoryak Highlands
 • coordinates62°18′03″N 171°29′06″E / 62.30083°N 171.48500°E / 62.30083; 171.48500
 • elevationca 600 metres (2,000 ft)
MouthBering Sea
 • coordinates
62°02′35″N 175°16′40″E / 62.04306°N 175.27778°E / 62.04306; 175.27778
 • elevation
0 metres (0 ft)
Length367 km (228 mi)
Basin size13,400 km2 (5,200 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average174 m3/s (6,100 cu ft/s)

The Khatyrka (Russian: Хатырка; Chukot: Ватыркан) is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The length of the river is 367 kilometres (228 mi) and the area of is drainage basin 13,400 square kilometres (5,200 sq mi).[1]

The name of the river comes from the Chukot "vatyrkan" (Ватыркан), meaning "dry, depleted place".[2]

  1. ^ "Река Хатырка in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ Leontiev V.V. , Novikova K.A. Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov ; FEB AS USSR . North-East complex. Research Institute. Lab. archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magadan . book. publishing house , 1989. - S. 290. - 456 p. — ISBN 5-7581-0044-7 .