Kantschalan (river)
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Kantschalan Канчалан |
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 Kantschalan-Liman (center left) as it opens towards the Anadyr estuary |
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| Water code | RU : 19040000112119000100901 | |
| location | Chukchi Autonomous Okrug ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Kantschalan | |
| muzzle | in the Kantschalan-Liman ( Anadyrgolf ) coordinates: 65 ° 3 ′ 42 " N , 176 ° 24 ′ 44" E 65 ° 3 ′ 42 " N , 176 ° 24 ′ 44" E
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| length | 426 km | |
| Catchment area | 20,600 km² | |
| Right tributaries | Tnekweiem , Impeneikuiym | |
| Communities | Kantschalan | |
 Catchment area of the Kantschalan |
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The Kantschalan ( Russian Канчалан ) is a river in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug in northeast Siberia .
The 426 km long river flows through a sparsely populated tundra -Landscape in northeastern Anadyrtieflands south before the Kanchalan-Liman , a northern side of the bay Anadyr , opens -Ästuars. The Kantschalan drains an area of 20,600 km². The main tributaries are Tnekweiem and Impeneikuiym from the right . A few kilometers before its mouth, the river passes the Kantschalan settlement of the same name . Beluga whales can be found regularly in the kantschalan estuary . The river is frozen between mid-October and early June. The lower 50 km are navigable.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Article Kantschalan (river) in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ a b Kantschalan (river) in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)