The Uele (Russian: Уэле; Yakut: Үөлэ, Üöle) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It has a length of 313 kilometres (194 mi) and its drainage basin area is 19,200 square kilometres (7,400 sq mi).[1] The river basin is a desolate area devoid of human settlements.[2]
Course
The Uele has its sources near lake Sobaka-Lakh in the North Siberian Lowland. The river flows roughly northwestwards in a winding channel across a floodplain with numerous lakes. Finally it enters the eastern side of the inner Anabar Bay just east of the mouth of the Anabar.[3][4]
Tributaries
Its main tributaries are the Kraynyaya, Bayan, Darkylakh, Onkuchakh-Yuryakh and Salga from the right, as well as the Khatygyn-Uelete, Byorolyokh-Ayan and Sasyr-Tyobyulekh from the left.[2]
Fauna
The Uele is frozen most of the year. It stays under ice between the end of September/beginning of October and the end of May/beginning of June. The river is an important habitat for nelma, as recorded in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Река Юёлэ in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ a b Water of Russia - Уэле
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ "Топографска карта S-49-XXIX,XXX; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ Nelma (Uelenskaya population). Stenodus leucichthys - Red Book of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) . Protected Areas of Russia
