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carried out geological surveys in the basin of the Indigirka (among other Far-eastern Siberian rivers) on behalf of the Russian Academy of Sciences. During one year and two days the expedition covered 25,000 kilometres (16,000 mi), of which 4,200 kilometres (2,600 mi) were up rivers,
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In 1638 explorer Ivan Rebrov reached the Indigirka. In 1636–42 Elisei Buza pioneered the overland route to the Indigirka river system. At about the same time, Poznik Ivanov ascended a tributary of the lower Lena, crossed the Verkhoyansk Range to the upper Yana, and then crossed the
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on the Indigirka was an important colonial outpost during the early days of Russian colonization. It was subsequently abandoned in the 19th century. Other historical settlements, now long abandoned, were Podshiversk and Uyandinskoye Zimov'ye.
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of the Indigirka, is known for the unique traditional culture of the Russian settlers whose ancestors came there several centuries ago. Some historians have speculated that Russkoye Ustye was settled by
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Boeskorov, G. G.; Plotnikov, V. V.; Protopopov, A. V.; Baryshnikov, G. F.; Fosse, P.; Dalén, L.; David, S. W. G.; Pavlov, I. S.; Naoki, S. & Alexey, N. T. (2021).
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is the arm one located on the western side, i.e. the "Russian side" of the delta (meaning, the side closest to the (European) Russia). These days the name of the
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lies completely detached 11 kilometres (7 mi) offshore from the Srednyaya mouth. It is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 1 km wide.
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lies longitudinally along the coast east of the Srednyaya mouth. It is 12 kilometres (7 mi) and 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) wide.
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and the middle course of the river begins, where its valley expands. Turning northwards, the Indigirka cuts deeply across the
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situated there, but originally the opposite is likely to have been the case, the village is named after the river arm (the
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means the "Middle Arm", the names of the main western and eastern arms indicate their relative location as well. The
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Several flat islands are formed by the channels of the delta. Listed from the east to the west, the major ones are:
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is the farthest offshore of a cluster of islands at the Srednyaya mouth. It is C-shaped and about 3  km long.
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and widening to 500 m (1,600 ft). After flowing between the neck formed by the eastern end of the
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lies between the two mouths of the Indigirka. It is 6 km long and has a maximum width of 4 km.
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is the arm one located on the eastern side, i.e. the "Kolyma side" of the delta (the arm closest to the
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as its right (eastern) distributary, thus justifying the "middle" moniker for the Srednyaya Protoka.
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the river narrows and flows into a deep gorge, forming rapids. Where it is joined by the
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Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750
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The Indigirka teems with a variety of fishes. Among the most valuable are several
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from the southeast, the Indigirka reaches the Momo-Selennyakh Depression, a wide
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The Indigirka freezes up in October and stays under the ice until May–June.
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Russian State Water Register - Река Хастах (Торо-Юрях, Туора-Юрях, Калкан)
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to the east. It is 1,726 kilometres (1,072 mi) long. The area of its
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It originates at the confluence of the 251 kilometres (156 mi) long
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appears as if it were formed from the name of the old Russian village
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In its higher course, the river flows northwestwards along the
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is located to the northwest of the mouths of the Indigirka.
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islands lie right at the Prot. Russko Ust'inskaya mouth
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is 360,000 square kilometres (140,000 sq mi).
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Index

SS Indigirka

Ust-Nera

Russia
Tuora-Yuryakh
Taryn-Yuryakh
Mouth
East Siberian Sea
71°26′32″N 150°51′39″E / 71.4422°N 150.8608°E / 71.4422; 150.8608
Yakut
Sakha Republic
Russia
Yana
Kolyma
basin
Russkoye Ustye
delta
Pomors
Chersky Range
Mikhail Stadukhin
Zashiversk
Baron Eduard Von Toll
Tuora-Yuryakh
Taryn-Yuryakh
Khalkan Range
Yana-Oymyakon Highlands
Oymyakon Plateau
Chersky Range
Chemalgin Range

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