Kalakan (river)

The Kalakan (Russian: Калакан) is a river in Transbaikalia, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is 314 kilometres (195 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 10,600 square kilometres (4,100 sq mi).[1][2][3] The Kalakan gives its name to the Kalakan Range, as well as to the Kalakan Depression.[2][4]

Kalakan
Kalakan river course
Kalakan (river) is located in Zabaykalsky Krai
Kalakan (river)
Mouth location in Transbaikalia, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai
Physical characteristics
SourceKalakan Range
South Siberian System
 • coordinates55°39′48″N 119°23′52″E
MouthVitim
 • coordinates
55°07′14″N 116°45′42″E
 • elevation
802 m (2,631 ft)
Length314 km (195 mi)
Basin size10,600 km2 (4,100 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average78 m3/s (2,800 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionVitim→ Lena→ Laptev Sea

The Kalakan river is a destination for rafting. Taimen and lenok are among the fish species found in the river.[2]

Course

The Kalakan is a right tributary of the Vitim. Its sources are in the Kalakan Range, at the eastern edge of the Vitim Plateau, where it flows first to the north. After a short distance it bends to the left and flows in a WSW direction along the feet of the Yankan Range, which separates it from the course of the Kalar to the north.[5][3][2] The Kalakan Range rises above the left bank of the river. There are up to 3 km (1.9 mi) wide floodplain sections, as well as branched-meandering sections in the lower course of the Kalakan. Finally the Kalakan meets the Vitim at the Buryatian border 958 kilometres (595 mi) from the Vitim's mouth in the Lena.[6]

The longest tributary of the Kalakan is the 136 km (85 mi) long Tundak on the left and the 96 km (60 mi) long Usmun on the right. The river is frozen between mid October and mid May. There are 96 lakes with a total area of 2.3 square kilometres (0.89 sq mi) in the basin of the Kalakan. The area is marked by permafrost.[7] [2]

Basin of the Vitim with the Kalakan in the right side.

See also

References
  1. "Река Калакан in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. Калакан - Water of Russia
  3. Google Earth
  4. Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Kalakan Depression
  5. Kalakan / Great Soviet Encyclopedia: in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
  6. "N-49 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Kalakan


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