longest Asian river. part of Russia, in Siberia east.; length 4400 km, pow. Basin 2,490 thousand. km2, depth. tributaries Kirenga, Witim, Olekma, Aldan (pr.), Niuja, Wilyj (l.), a source in the west. Part G. Bajkalskich; in the upper reaches flows deep and narrow (1-10 km) valley, in the center. - Extends to 30 km (in the trough of many islands), about 130 km from the mouth divides into numerous branches (D - Bykowska) flows into the Laptev M. create a delta of 400 km width and area. about 30 thousand. km2, the average flow at the mouth of 16.5 thousand. m3 / s (up to 165 thousand., min. - 360 m3 / s) transfers each year about 12 million tons of sediment; for over six months covered in ice, navigable from the town of Ust-Kut (port Osietrowo) and at high water level - from the township Kaczug; developed fisheries (muksun, Siberian whitefish, nelma, mussel), the main city of Yakutsk on the Lena River.
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