Anadyr
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A river of northeast Russia rising in the Anadyr Plateau and flowing about 1,118 km (695 mi) south and then east to Anadyr Bay, an inlet of the Bering Sea.
Anadyr (ənədĭr'), river, c.695 mi (1,120 km) long, rising on the Anadyr Plateau, NE Russian Far East, and flowing S then E into Anadyr Bay, an inlet of the Bering Sea. The Anadyr basin, a lowland between the Anadyr and Koryak ranges, is mostly covered by tundra. There are gold deposits near the river's mouth. The city of Anadyr (1989 pop. 17,000), capital of Chukotka Autonomous Area, is a port on the bay.
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Anadyr
Anadyr may refer to:
- Anadyr (town), a town and the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
- Anadyr River, a river in Russia
- Operation Anadyr
- Gulf of Anadyr
- Anadyr Estuary
- Anadyr Bay may refer to the Gulf of Anadyr or to Anadyr Estuary or its outer part.
See also
- Anadyrsk an early Cossack fort and settlement on the middle part of the Anadyr river, approx. 1650-1764
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Chukchi Peninsula
(geographical area, Russia/Asia)
Semen Ivanovich Dezhnev
(Russian history)
Bering Sea
(body of water, the Pacific/Russia/Alaska)
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