The Kuranakh-Yuryakh (Russian: Куранах-Юрях or Кураанах-Юрэх; Yakut: Кураанах Үрэх) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river has a length of 203 kilometres (126 mi) —279 km (173 mi) together with the Nyolu— and a drainage basin area of 7,520 square kilometres (2,900 sq mi). The lower stretch of its course is also known as Altan.[1]

Kuranakh-Yuryakh Куранах-Юрях / Кураанах Үрэх
Course of the Kuranakh-Yuryakh ONC map section
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Orulgan Range Verkhoyansk Range
Mouth	Omoloy
• coordinates	69°54′34″N 132°29′28″E
Length	203 km (126 mi) (279 km (173 mi))
Basin size	7,520 km2 (2,900 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Omoloy → Laptev Sea

The Kuranakh-Yuryakh flows north of the Arctic Circle, across desolate tundra territories of the East Siberian Lowland. Its basin falls within Ust-Yansky and Bulunsky districts.[2]

Course

The Kuranakh-Yuryakh is a left tributary of the Omoloy. It has its sources in the eastern slopes of the Orulgan Range of the Verkhoyansk Range system. The river flows roughly northeastwards across mountainous terrain, bound in the east by the Sietinden Range, then it heads eastwards along a wide valley. As it descends into the floodplain of the East Siberian Lowland, it turns again in a northeastern direction, flowing slowly among lakes and dividing into a tangle of river channels. Finally the Kuranakh-Yuryakh joins the left bank of the Omoloy 279 km (173 mi) from its mouth. The confluence is 89 km (55 mi) upstream of the mouth of the Arga-Yuryakh. The nearest inhabited place is Namy, located upstream from its mouth in the Omoloy.[2][3][4]

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Kuranakh-Yuryakh are the 77 km (48 mi) long Nyolu and the 88 km (55 mi) Seimchan[5] on the right, as well as the 48 km (30 mi) long Kuobakhchan and the 46 km (29 mi) long Ystannakh on the left. The river is frozen between early October and early June. There are more than thousand lakes in its basin.[6]

See also

• Braided river
• List of rivers of Russia

References

External links

• Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia

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