Anyuy River (Sakha)

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Catchment area of ​​the Kolyma and the course of Anjui

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As Anjui (Russian Анюй ) is referred to in the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia (Russia, Asia), the short common Hauptmündungsarm of Great and Small Anjui.

Course

The Anjui arises from the 693 km long Great Anjui ( Bolshoi Anjui ) from the left and the 738 km long little Anjui ( Maly Anjui ) from the right. It ends after only eight kilometers from the right, opposite the small settlement Nischnekolymsk in the lower reaches of the Kolyma. Immediately below the confluence of the Anjui branches off to the left (west) from another, much smaller tributary. Great and Little Anjui good 15 kilometers upstream ( south ) from its confluence are already connected by a narrow arm.

The Anjui flows on the eastern edge of the Kolyma Lowlands in the extreme north east of the Republic of Sakha ( Yakutia), near the border to the Chukchi Autonomous District.

Hydrographic

The catchment area of ​​107,000 km ² comprises Anjui. The river is about 600 feet wide and four feet deep; The flow rate is 0.4 m / s

The average discharge is about 650 m³ / s From the hydrological data for water inflows, a mean monthly maximum of more than 2500 m³ / s results for June.

The Anjui freezes for up to nine months a year, from late May to June, he leads floods.

Infrastructure

The Anjui is navigable; of its two tributaries is used on another 102 kilometers to the village Anjuisk for inland navigation only the little Anjui.