Chondon

The Chondon (Russian: Чондон;[1] Yakut: Чондоон) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is 606 kilometres (377 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 18,900 square kilometres (7,300 sq mi).[2]

Chondon
Yakut: Чондоон
Location in the Sakha Republic, Russia
Location
CountryYakutia, Russia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSelennyakh Range
 • coordinates69°48′35″N 137°55′48″E
 • elevation640 m (2,100 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Laptev Sea
 • coordinates
71°14′25″N 138°9′41″E
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length606 km (377 mi)
Basin size18,900 km2 (7,300 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average20 m3/s (710 cu ft/s)

The Chondon mammoth was discovered in 2013 in the Chondon basin, at the feet of the Polousny Range, 66 km south-west of the village of Tumat. It had died at the age of 47 to 50 years.[3]

Course

The river begins in the northern slopes of the Selennyakh Range at an elevation of 640 metres (2,100 ft). It flows west of the Yana River across the Yana-Indigirka Lowland mostly among marshy areas.[4] It has its mouth in the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea.[5]

The main tributaries of the Chondon are Buor-Yuryakh, with its source in the Kyundyulyun, Povarnya, Pravaya, Kiska, Tas-Yuryakh and Barsa.[4]

Yana-Indigirka Lowland map section
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References
  1. Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 433
  2. Russian State Water Register - Chondon River
  3. Всё о мамонтах (All about Mammoths)
  4. Chondon // Great Soviet Encyclopedia, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-197
  5. Google Earth
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