Ekityki

Ekityki
Sentinel-2 image of the confluence of the Chantalvergyrgyn and the Ekityki
Location of the Ekityki course
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthAmguema
 • coordinates
67°39′41″N 178°42′57″W / 67.6613°N 178.7158°W / 67.6613; -178.7158
Length154 km (96 mi)
Basin size10,300 km2 (4,000 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionAmguemaEast Siberian Sea

The Ekityki (Russian: Экитыки)[1] is a stream located in Chukotka, in Far East Siberia. It belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia. It is 160 kilometres (99 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 10,300 square kilometres (4,000 sq mi).[2]

The easternmost remains of woolly rhinoceroses (Coelodonta antiquitatis) have been found in the Ekityki river basin.[3]

  1. ^ Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 450
  2. ^ "Река Экитыки (Якитики) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ Wooly rhinoceros