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Sundrun

Coordinates: 70°48′44″N 152°33′30″E / 70.8123°N 152.5582°E / 70.8123; 152.5582
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Sundrun
Sundrun is located in Sakha Republic
Sundrun
Location in Sakha, Russia
Native nameСундрун (Russian)
Location
CountryRussia
LocationSakha
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationUnnamed lake
 • coordinates69°51′50″N 151°28′39″E / 69.86389°N 151.47750°E / 69.86389; 151.47750
 • elevation165 m (541 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
East Siberian Sea
 • coordinates
70°48′44″N 152°33′30″E / 70.8123°N 152.5582°E / 70.8123; 152.5582
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length314 km (195 mi)
Basin size4,170 km2 (1,610 sq mi)

The Sundrun (Russian: Сундрун) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation. It is 314 kilometres (195 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 4,170 square kilometres (1,610 sq mi).[1]

Course

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It has its sources in the Ulakhan-Sis Range and flows roughly northeastwards across the Kondakov Plateau.[2] Leaving the uplands, it crosses the Yana-Indigirka Lowland tundra, part of the greater East Siberian Lowland. It flows first in a roughly eastern and then, more than halfway through its course, in a northern direction. Its mouth is in the East Siberian Sea at the western end of the Kolyma Bay.[3] The Sundrun River freezes up in early October and remains icebound until June.

Tributaries

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The main tributary of the Sundrun is the 235 km (146 mi) long Maly Khomus-Yuryakh (Малый Хомус-Юрях) from the right.[1]

Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area

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The Kytalyk Wetlands, located between the Sundrun and the Khroma, are an ecologically important area, providing a favorable habitat for many rare animals. It is practically uninhabited and full of lakes and marshes. Siberian cranes are abundant in the Sundrun River wetlands.[4]

The lesser white-fronted goose,[5] Brent goose, Bewick's swan and the spectacled eider are also found in the Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area.[6]

There is also a wild reindeer population in the Sundrun basin.[7]

Location of the Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area; the Sundrun River is on the right.

Sundrun Kekurs

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The "Sundrun Kekurs" (Сундрунские кекуры) are the natural kigilyakh-type rock formations of the Ulakhan-Sis Range and Suor Uyata, located in the upper course of the river. [8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Река Сундрун in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ Topographic map - Chokurdakh
  3. ^ Google Earth
  4. ^ Wetlands
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-11-03. Retrieved 2008-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Spectacled eider
  7. ^ Ivan Sivtsev , The Sundrun population of wild reindeer, The Ninth North American Caribou Workshop, Kuujjuaq, Québec, Canada, .
  8. ^ Сундрунские кекуры
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