Chantalvergyrgyn

The Chantalvergyrgyn (Russian: Чантальвэргыргын),[1] also called the Chantalveergyn, is a stream located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. It is 222 kilometres (138 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 6,620 square kilometres (2,560 sq mi).[2]

Chantalvergyrgyn
Чантальвэгыргын / Чантальвээргын
Sentinel-2 image of the confluence of the Chantalvergyrgyn and the Ekityki
Location of the Chantalvergyrgyn course
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • elevation1,127 m (3,698 ft)
MouthEkityki
 • coordinates
67°39′27″N 179°21′53″W
 • elevation
119 m (390 ft)
Length222 km (138 mi)
Basin size6,620 km2 (2,560 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionEkityki→ Amguema→ East Siberian Sea

The name of the river in Chukot means “crossing the path to the Chaunts."[3]

Geography

The Chantalvergyrgyn flows roughly northeastwards in its upper course, limiting the western side of the Chantal Range of the Chukotka Mountains, just south of the Iskhodnaya. Its source is very close to the Arctic Circle. Further down its course it bends and heads eastwards into the Ekityki from its left side.[4]

The river passes through sparsely populated areas. Winters in its area are long and bitter. The river surface remains frozen for over eight months. It usually freezes in Early October and stays under ice until June.

Fauna

Salmon, whitefish, vendace, grayling, rainbow herring, pike, burbot, bull trout, and loach are common in the Chantalvergyrgyn waters.

References
  1. Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 423
  2. "Река Чантальвеергын in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  3. Leontiev V.V. & Novikova K.A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House, 1989 . ISBN 5-7581-0044-7
  4. Wielka Encyklopedia Gór i Alpinizmu, tom 2 Góry Azji, Katowice: Wydawnictwo STAPIS, 2005, ISBN 83-88212-42-7.
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