| Rauchua | |
|---|---|
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 Location of the Rauchua course | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | East Siberian Sea |
• coordinates | 69°29′56″N 166°43′11″E / 69.4988°N 166.7196°E |
| Length | 323 km (201 mi) |
| Basin size | 15,400 km2 (5,900 sq mi) |
The Rauchua (Russian: Раучуа, also: Большая Бараниха Bolshaya Baranikha) is a river in Far East Siberia, Russia. It is 323 kilometres (201 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 15,400 square kilometres (5,900 sq mi).[1]
Remains of frozen mammoths have been found near the Rauchua.[2]
- ^ "Река Раучуа (Раучуван, Бол. Бараниха) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ C. Flerov (1931). "A trunk of mammoth (Elephas primigenius Blum.) found in the Kolyma district (Siberia)". Bulletin de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS.