| Nera Нерa / Ньара | |
|---|---|
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Relief_Yakutia.png)  Mouth location in the Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal Subject | Sakha Republic |
| City | Ust-Nera |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Nera Plateau |
| • coordinates | 63°48′28″N 145°34′3″E / 63.80778°N 145.56750°E |
| • elevation | 787 m (2,582 ft) |
| Source confluence | Delyankir and Khudzhakh Rivers |
| Mouth | Indigirka |
• location | Ust-Nera, Oymyakon District |
• coordinates | 64°35′55″N 143°15′35″E / 64.59861°N 143.25972°E |
• elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Length | 331 km (206 mi) |
| Basin size | 24,500 km2 (9,500 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Indigirka→ East Siberian Sea |
The Nera (Russian: Нера, Yakut: Ньара, Ñara) is a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia, and is a right tributary of the Indigirka. The river is 331 kilometres (206 mi) long and has a drainage basin of 24,500 square kilometres (9,460 sq mi).[1]
The Nera freezes up in October and remains icebound until May - early June.[2] A stretch of the R504 Kolyma Highway runs along the river.[3]
- ^ Russian State Water Register - Nera River
- ^ Nera // Great Soviet Encyclopedia, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969
- ^ Google Earth