| Khatyrka Хатырка / Ватыркан | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Khatyrka.jpg) Panorama of the Khatyrka estuary | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Russia_Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug_relief_location_map.png)  Mouth location in Chukotka &sq=&lang=&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Far_Eastern_Federal_District.jpg) Khatyrka (river) (Far Eastern Federal District) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
| District | Anadyr District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Koryak Highlands |
| • coordinates | 62°18′03″N 171°29′06″E / 62.30083°N 171.48500°E |
| • elevation | ca 600 metres (2,000 ft) |
| Mouth | Bering Sea |
• coordinates | 62°02′35″N 175°16′40″E / 62.04306°N 175.27778°E |
• elevation | 0 metres (0 ft) |
| Length | 367 km (228 mi) |
| Basin size | 13,400 km2 (5,200 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 174 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]
- ^ "Река Хатырка in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ 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 .