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| ==Course== | ==Course== | ||
| The Anabar basin is located between the rivers ] and ]. Its |
The Anabar basin is located between the rivers ] and ]. Its sources are in the southern part of the ], part of the ]. There are many lakes in its basin. | ||
| Its mean annual discharge is approximately {{convert|500|m3/s|cuft/s}}, concentrated heavily in early summer when the ice that covers the river for most of the year thaws. The mouth of the river is in the ]. | Its mean annual discharge is approximately {{convert|500|m3/s|cuft/s}}, concentrated heavily in early summer when the ice that covers the river for most of the year thaws. The mouth of the river is in the ]. Its main tributaries are the {{convert|115|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Mayat, the {{convert|342|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Udya (Удьа), the {{convert|453|km|mi|abbr=on}} long ] and the {{convert|108|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Ebelyakh on the right, and the {{convert|559|km|mi|abbr=on}} long ], the {{convert|262|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Suolema, the {{convert|139|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Kharabyl and the {{convert|103|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Konnies on the left.<ref></ref> | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| Historically ] have inhabited the basin of the Anabar River.<ref name=Forsyth>{{cite book | Historically ] have inhabited the basin of the Anabar River.<ref name=Forsyth>{{cite book | ||
| | last = Forsyth | | last = Forsyth | ||
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River in Russia| Anabar Анабар / Анаабыр | |
|---|---|
 The Anabar near the mouth of the Polovinnaya | |
 Anabar river basin | |
  Location of mouth in Russia | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Anabar Plateau |
| Mouth | Laptev Sea |
| • coordinates | 73°12′19″N 113°33′24″E / 73.2052°N 113.5567°E / 73.2052; 113.5567 |
| Length | 939 km (583 mi) |
| Basin size | 100,000 km (39,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 498 m/s (17,600 cu ft/s) |
The Anabar (Russian: Анабар, romanized: Anabar, in its upper course: Большая Куонамка Bolshaya Kuonamka; Template:Lang-sah) is a river in Sakha, Russia. It is 939 kilometres (583 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 100,000 square kilometres (39,000 sq mi).
Course
The Anabar basin is located between the rivers Khatanga and Olenyok. Its sources are in the southern part of the Anabar Plateau, part of the Central Siberian Plateau. There are many lakes in its basin.
Its mean annual discharge is approximately 500 cubic metres per second (18,000 cu ft/s), concentrated heavily in early summer when the ice that covers the river for most of the year thaws. The mouth of the river is in the Gulf of Anabar. Its main tributaries are the 115 km (71 mi) long Mayat, the 342 km (213 mi) long Udya (Удьа), the 453 km (281 mi) long Malaya Kuonamka and the 108 km (67 mi) long Ebelyakh on the right, and the 559 km (347 mi) long Bolshaya Kuonamka, the 262 km (163 mi) long Suolema, the 139 km (86 mi) long Kharabyl and the 103 km (64 mi) long Konnies on the left.
History
Historically Evenks have inhabited the basin of the Anabar River. Vasiliy Sychev was the first Russian to reach the river in 1643.
In present times the basin of the Anabar river is notable as the location of the largest concentration of diamond deposits in the world outside of Africa and Australia. These deposits made the Soviet Union into one of the world's largest producers of diamonds, and remain the economic mainstay of the area.
See also
References
- "Река Анабар (Бол. Куонапка) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- Water of Russia - Анабар
- Forsyth, James (1992). A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian colony 1581-1990. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Terence (2010). Russian Settlement in the North. Cambridge University Press.
- Holland, Clive (1994). Arctic Exploration and Development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915: an encyclopedia. New York: Garland.
External links
Media related to Anabar River at Wikimedia Commons
