| Byoryolyokh Бёрёлёх | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Berelekh_reka.jpg) The Byoryolokh flowing across Susuman town | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Magadan_Oblast.png)  Mouth location in Magadan Oblast, Russia | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Okhandya Range |
| • location | Susumansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia |
| • coordinates | 63°55′49″N 146°59′47″E / 63.93028°N 146.99639°E |
| • elevation | 1,540 metres (5,050 ft) |
| Mouth | Ayan-Yuryakh[1] |
• coordinates | 62°24′55″N 147°32′13″E / 62.41528°N 147.53694°E |
• elevation | 545 metres (1,788 ft) |
| Length | 239 kilometres (149 mi)[2] |
| Basin size | 9,810 square kilometres (3,790 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 315 m3/s (11,100 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Ayan-Yuryakh → Kolyma→ East Siberian Sea |
The Byoryolyokh (Russian: Бёрёлёх) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Federation. It is a left tributary of the Ayan-Yuryakh of the Kolyma river basin.[1]
The name of the river is based on the Yakut word "Börölöökh" (Бөрөлөөх), referring to a place where there are wolves.[3]
- ^ a b "Аян-Юрях" [Ayan-Yuryakh]. Вода Россия [Water Russia] (in Russian). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Река Берелёх" [Ayan-Yuryakh River]. Государственный Водный Реестр [State Water Register] (in Russian). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Leontyev V.V. , Novikova K.A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / Scientific ed. G. A. Menovschikov ; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institute for Archeology, History and Ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House , 1989 . P. 85 . - ISBN 5-7581-0044-7