Elgi River

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Course of Elgi ( Эльги ) in the catchment area of the Indigirka

The Elgi (Russian Эльги; Yakut Эльгэ ) is a left tributary of the Indigirka in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia.

The Elgi arises at the confluence of Degdega (24 km) and Kao ( 13 km). It flows through the Elgi Highlands ( Эльгинское плоскогорье ) in an arc - first west, then north, and finally east. He meets after 394 km on the upper reaches of Indigirka. The catchment area of ​​68,200 km ² comprises Elgi. Between June and mid-September, the Elgi leads floods. 42 km above the mouth of the mean discharge ( MQ ) 106 m³ / s Between October and the end of May the Elgi is covered with ice. Larger tributaries of Elgi are Utatschan, Tobytschan from left and Ajaba and Bolshoi Selerikan from the right.