The Alazeya (Russian: Алазея ; Yakut : Алаһыай , romanized: Alahıay ) is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia , Russia which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger Indigirka to the west and the Kolyma to the east.
6-509: Mount Kisilyakh-Tas is a notable kigilyakh site on the right bank of the Alazeya River at 69°42′N 155°0′E / 69.700°N 155.000°E / 69.700; 155.000 . The river is 1,590 kilometres (990 mi) long. The area of its basin is 64,700 square kilometres (25,000 sq mi). The Alazeya is formed at the confluence of the Nelkan and Kadylchan rivers in
12-571: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Russian Far East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kisilyakh-Tas Kisilyakh-Tas (Russian: гора Кисилях-Тас ) is a mountain in Yakutia , Far Eastern Federal District , Russia. Administratively it belongs to the Lower Kolyma District . This mountain is one of
18-616: The Suor Uyata range. It rises above the tundra on the right bank of the Alazeya , roughly 160 kilometres (99 mi) south of the river's mouth in the shores of the East Siberian Sea . Kisilyakh-Tas is located in a flat area, where there are only two other mountains nearby, a higher one to the SW and a smaller one to the west, both on the other side of the river. The three mountains are roughly at
24-464: The Alazeya are the 790 km (490 mi) long Rassokha and 131 km (81 mi) long Buor-Yuryakh from the left, as well as the 168 km (104 mi) long Sloboda River and the 244 km (152 mi) long Buor-Yuryakh from the right. Dmitrii Zyryan was the first Russian to reach the Alazeya in 1641, but did not found a permanent settlement. This Sakha Republic location article
30-551: The renowned places of Yakutia where kigilyakhs are found. The largest of them are between 10 meters (33 ft) and 30 meters (98 ft) in height. Kigilyakhs are rock formations that are held in high esteem by Yakuts . Kisilyakh means "Mountain having a man" or "Mountain married" in the Yakut language . Mount Kisilyakh-Tas is a small, isolated mountain massif of the Kolyma Lowland , located 40 kilometers (25 mi) east of
36-592: The slopes of the Alazeya Plateau . It crosses roughly northwards through the tundra meandering among the flat, marshy areas of the Kolyma Lowland , part of the greater East Siberian Lowland . Finally the Alazeya drains into the Kolyma Bay of the East Siberian Sea , close to Logashkino . The river freezes in late September through early October and stays icebound until late May through early June. There are more than 24,000 lakes in its basin. The biggest tributaries of
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