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The Kuoyka or Kuoika (Russian: Куойка; Yakut: Куойка) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russian Federation. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of 294 kilometres (183 mi) and a drainage basin area of 4,750 square kilometres (1,830 sq mi).[1] The Kuoyka flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of the Olenyoksky District devoid of settlements.[2]

Kuoyka
Куойка
Course of the Kuoyka ONC map section
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Kuoyka (Russia)
Location
CountryRussian Federation
Federal subjectYakutia
DistrictOlenyoksky District
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationNorth Siberian Lowland
  coordinates71°03′51″N 117°52′06″E
  elevationca 175 m (574 ft)
MouthOlenyok
  coordinates
70°29′06″N 120°31′36″E
  elevation
24 m (79 ft)
Length294 km (183 mi)
Basin size4,750 km2 (1,830 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionOlenyokLaptev Sea

The name of the river comes from the Nganasan word "kuoika", (куойка), meaning a household deity.[3]


Course


The Kuoika is a left tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are at the limit of the Northern Siberian Lowland, off the northeastern end of the Central Siberian Plateau.[4] It flows roughly eastwards to the southwest and south of the Beyenchime in an area with numerous lakes. In its last stretch the Kuoika turns in a SSE direction entering the Central Siberian Plateau area. It meanders strongly in its southernmost section within a wide gorge until it meets the left bank of the Olenyok 473 km (294 mi) from its mouth.[2][5][6]

The river is frozen between early October and early June.[4] Its main tributary is the 169 kilometres (105 mi) long Sektelyakh from the right. Other tributaries are much shorter, such as the 42 kilometres (26 mi) long Kuchchugui-Kuoyka, the 39 kilometres (24 mi) long Kusagan-Khayalakh and the 36 kilometres (22 mi) long Oyur from the left.[1]


Quote


The last, tortuous stretch of the river was described in such terms by Yuri Tsenin in Vokrug sveta:

Its channel bends so whimsically in a wide canyon that sometimes one can't understand in which direction it flows. We are surrounded by lemon-yellow mountains. The shores of the Kuoika rise above the water as a fortified wall with odd-looking towers and ramparts.[7]


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На других языках


- [en] Kuoyka

[it] Kuojka

La Kuojka (in russo: Куойка?) è un fiume della Russia affluente di sinistra dell'Olenëk, che scorre nella parte settentrionale della Siberia Orientale, nel distretto Olenëkskij della Sacha (Jacuzia).

[ru] Куойка

Ку́ойка[2] — река в Оленёкском районе Якутии, левый приток реки Оленёк. Протекает по Северо-Сибирской низменности.



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