Elgi

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Elgi
Эльги, Эльгэ
Data
Water code RU18050000112117700041234
location Sakha Republic ( Russia )
River system Indigirka
Drain over Indigirka  → Arctic Ocean
confluence by Degdega and Kao
64 ° 19 ′ 2 ″  N , 138 ° 45 ′ 20 ″  E
Source height approx.  1110  m
muzzle Indigirka coordinates: 64 ° 16 ′ 16 "  N , 142 ° 10 ′ 3"  E 64 ° 16 ′ 16 "  N , 142 ° 10 ′ 3"  E
Mouth height approx.  550  m
Height difference approx. 560 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.4 ‰
length 394 km
Catchment area 68,200 km²
Outflow
location: 42 km above the mouth
MQ
106 m³ / s
Left tributaries Utachan , Tobychan
Right tributaries Ajaba , Bolshoi Selerikan
Course of the Elgi (Эльги) in the catchment area of ​​the Indigirka

Course of the Elgi (Эльги) in the catchment area of ​​the Indigirka

The Elgi ( Russian Эльги ; Yakut Эльгэ ) is a left tributary of the Indigirka in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia .

The Elgi arises at the confluence of Degdega (24 km) and Kao (13 km). It flows through the Elgi highlands (Эльгинское плоскогорье) in an arc - first to the west, then to the north and finally to the east. After 394 km it meets the upper reaches of the Indigirka. The catchment area of the Elgi covers 68,200 km². The Elgi floods between June and mid-September . 42 km above the mouth, the mean discharge (MQ) is 106 m³ / s. The Elgi is ice-covered between October and the end of May. Larger tributaries of the Elgi are Utatschan , Tobytschan from the left and Ajaba and Bolshoi Selerikan from the right.

Individual evidence

  1. Soviet General Staff Map 1: 200,000. Sheet Q-54-XXXI, XXXII. Edition 1989
  2. Soviet General Staff Map 1: 200,000. Sheet Q-54-XXXIV, XXXV. Edition 1989
  3. a b c d e Article Elgi in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D126358~2a%3DElgi~2b%3DElgi
  4. a b Elgi in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)