Aldan River

Aldan at Tommot

Catchment area and the course of the Aldan

Catchment area of ​​the Aldan with inflows

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The 2273 km long Aldan ( Yakut for " auriferous "; Russian Алдан ) is a right tributary of the Lena River in the Russian Republic of Sakha ( Yakutia).

It rises in the Stanowoigebirge in Russia west of the city Nerjungri. From there, it flows through the Aldanhochland in a northeasterly direction and comes in an ever -broadening valley, to gradually turn toward the east. About 150 kilometers north of Yakutsk, he runs into the middle reaches of the Lena. Its catchment area covers 729,000 km ².

The largest tributaries of navigable for about 1600 km in length Aldan downstream are considered:

• Timpton
• Utschur Gonam

• Judoma