| Buor-Yuryakh
Буор-Юрях / Буор-Үрэх
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Buor-Yuryakh course ONC map section
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  Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Kolyma Lowland |
| • coordinates | 67°57′29″N 149°54′24″E / 67.95806°N 149.90667°E / 67.95806; 149.90667 |
| Mouth | Alazeya |
• coordinates | 68°07′44″N 152°12′26″E / 68.12889°N 152.20722°E / 68.12889; 152.20722 |
| Length | 244 km (152 mi) |
| Basin size | 5,170 km2 (2,000 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Alazeya → Laptev Sea |
The Buor-Yuryakh (Russian: Буор-Юрях; Yakut: Буор-Үрэх, Buor-Ürex) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the second largest tributary of the Alazeya. The river has a length of 244 kilometres (152 mi) and a drainage basin area of 5,170 square kilometres (2,000 sq mi).[1]
The Buor-Yuryakh flows north of the Arctic Circle, across desolate territories of the Srednekolymsky District.[2][3] The name of the river comes from the Yakut『Буор Үрэх』"Buor" = earth, clay / "Yurekh" = river.
The Buor-Yuryakh is a right tributary of the Alazeya. It has its sources in the Kolyma Lowland, off the southern foothills of the Alazeya Plateau. The river flows across a floodplain among numerous lakes forming meanders all along its course. It heads first in a roughly southeastward direction. South of the area of lake Ilka it bends and turns east. Then it turns northeastwards to the east of the lake, bending again eastwards after a stretch, leaving lake Balyma to the south. Finally the Buor-Yuryakh bends northwards to the west of lake Nikolskoye and joins the Alazeya 1,012 km (629 mi) from its mouth.[2][4][3]
The main tributary of the Buor-Yuryakh is the 102 km (63 mi) long Rassokha that joins its right bank 6.2 km (3.9 mi) before the confluence with the Alazeya.[5] There are more than 2,100 lakes in the river basin. The Buor-Yuryakh is frozen between the first half of October and early June.[6]
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