Indigirka River

Indigirka River
Mouth	East Siberian Sea
Basin countries	Russia
Length	1,726 km
Avg. discharge	1,810 m3/s
Basin area	360,400 km²

Indigirka River (Russian: Индиги́рка) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia. It is 1,726 km in length. The area of its basin is 360,000 km². The river flows into the East Siberian Sea. Tributaries: Kuydusun, Kyuente, Elgi, Nera, Moma, Badyarikha, Seleniyakh, Uyandina. It freezes up in October and stays under the ice until May-June. The Indigirka River teems with different kinds of fish, such as ryapushka, chir, muksun, white salmon (nelma), omul, sig etc. Main ports: Khonuu, Druzhina, Chokurdakh, Tabor. There is a gold prospecting industry in the Indigirka basin.

History

In 1892-1894 Baron Eduard Von Toll carried out geological surveys in the basin of the Indigirka (among other Far-eastern Siberian rivers) on behalf of the Russian Academy of Sciences. During one year and two days the expedition covered 25,000 km, of which 4,200 km were up rivers, carrying out geodesic surveys en route.

References

• William Barr, Baron Eduard Von Toll's Last Expedition. Arctic, Sept 1980.

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