The Rauchua (Russian: Раучуа, also: Большая Бараниха Bolshaya Baranikha) is a river in Far East Siberia, Russia. It is 323 kilometres (201 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 15,400 square kilometres (5,900 sq mi).[1]

Rauchua
Location of the Rauchua course
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth	East Siberian Sea
• coordinates	69.4988°N 166.7196°E / 69.4988; 166.7196
Length	323 km (201 mi)
Basin size	15,400 km2 (5,900 sq mi)

Remains of frozen mammoths have been found near the Rauchua.[2]

Course

Its source is in the Ilirney Range. It passes through the sparsely populated areas of the Siberian tundra and flows northwards into the Kolyma Gulf, East Siberian Sea, not far west from Ayon Island.

The Rauchua and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia.

References

• River description & location^{[permanent dead link]}
• Mammoths
• "Tourism and environment" (PDF). (571 KB)

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На других языках

[de] Rautschua

[ru] Раучуа