Buyunda

Buyunda
Буюнда
Buyunda valley
Buyunda is located in Magadan Oblast
Buyunda
Mouth location in Magadan Oblast, Russia
Location
CountryMagadan Oblast, Russia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKilgan Massif
Kolyma Mountains
 • coordinates60°51′55″N 153°33′59″E / 60.86528°N 153.56639°E / 60.86528; 153.56639
 • elevation1,778 m (5,833 ft)
MouthKolyma
 • coordinates
62°45′40″N 152°34′30″E / 62.76111°N 152.57500°E / 62.76111; 152.57500
Length434 km (270 mi)
Basin size24,800 km2 (9,600 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average215 m3/s (7,600 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionKolymaEast Siberian Sea

The Buyunda (Russian: Буюнда) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. It is a right tributary of the Kolyma, with a length of 434 kilometres (270 mi) and a drainage basin of 24,800 square kilometres (9,600 sq mi).[1][2][3]

Together with the Seymchan that flows roughly southwards on the facing bank of the Kolyma basin, the Buyunda forms the Seymchan-Buyunda Depression, which limits the Upper Kolyma Highlands from the east.[2] [4]

The name of the Buyunda originated in the Evenki language, meaning "where there are wild deer".[4]

  1. ^ "Река Коркодон in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ a b Google Earth
  3. ^ "Топографска карта Q-55 56; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Water of Russia - Buyunda (in Russian)". Retrieved 6 January 2022.