Akkem
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Akkem Аккем, Ak-Chem |
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 The Akkem Valley, looking south towards Belucha |
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| Water code | RU : 13010100312115100004165 | |
| location | Altai Republic ( Russia ) | |
| River system | If | |
| Drain over | Katun → Ob → Arctic Ocean | |
| source | Akkem Glacier on the Belucha 49 ° 51 ′ 37 ″ N , 86 ° 33 ′ 4 ″ E |
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| muzzle | near the village of Akkem in the Katun coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 55 " N , 86 ° 31 ′ 30" E 50 ° 8 ′ 55 " N , 86 ° 31 ′ 30" E
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| length | 36 km | |
| Catchment area | 454 km² | |
| Flowing lakes | Akkem lake | |
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The Akkem ( Russian Аккем ) is a right tributary of the Katun in the Altai Republic . The Akkem Valley through which it flows forms the most important access to the Belucha , the highest peak in the Central Asian Altai Mountains . The “white river” Akkem or Ak-Chem rises in the glacier of the same name on the northern flank of the Belucha massif and takes its name from “Ak”, which means “white” or “bright” in the Turkic languages . Its milky white water is - as with the neighboring Kutscherla river - a consequence of the glacial milk . Both flow into the Katun, a source river of the Ob about 500 km south of Novosibirsk .
The Akkem valley is over 50 km long and runs mostly north-south. In the lower reaches it is overgrown and its slopes are forested. About 10 km above the mouth, the valley turns south-westerly to the south. After about 30 km you come to Akkem Lake ( 2057 m ) ( ⊙ ), on the banks of which mountaineers usually set up camp. Next to the lake there is a small weather station and a helipad .
A little below the lake, a narrow path branches off on the western flank of the valley, which leads over a notch into the neighboring Kutscherla valley to the west .
A moraine landscape of the Akkem glacier follows uphill . After overcoming the glacier gate , you can continue to climb on the ice. In the cirque under the top of the Belukha there is a hut, the so-called "Tomsk camp" (Russian tomskaja stojanka ).
getting there
The access begins in the Katun Valley near Gorno-Altaisk , the capital (and only city) of the Russian Autonomous Republic of Altai , or up the valley near Inja , where the M52 highway ("Chujatrakt") leads towards Mongolia . From here it is about 40 km (on a bad road) to the village of Tjungur ( 824 m altitude) on the edge of the Uimon steppe , where the Akkem flows into the Katun.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Akkem in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)