Aby Lowland
{{Short description|Plains in the Sakha Republic, Russia}}
{{Infobox landform
| name = Aby Lowland
| type = Alluvial plain
| native_name = {{native name|ru|Абыйская низменность}}
| photo =Облако-демон.jpg
| caption = View of Lake Ozhogino
| coordinates= {{coord|68|20|N|144|30|E|type:landform|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| area = {{Convert|1500|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| part_of = Yana-Kolyma Lowland
| elevation = {{convert|94|m|sp=us}}
| map = Russia Sakha Republic
| map_caption = Location in Sakha, Russian Far East
| relief = 1
| location = Sakha Republic, Russia
}}
The Aby Lowland ({{langx|ru|Абыйская низменность}}; {{langx|sah|Абый Намтала|translit=Abıy Namtala}}) is a low alluvial plain located in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the territory of the lowland is part of Aby District (Aby Ulus).
Geography
The lowland is crossed by the Indigirka River in its middle course. Besides many smaller rivers and streams, three large left hand tributaries of the great river flow into it, the Selennyakh, Uyandina (with the Khatyngnakh) and Druzhina rivers. The Badyarikha limits the area in the east. The area is flat and mostly marshy, the average height of the plain being between {{convert|30|m|sp=us}} and {{convert|94|m|sp=us}} above sea level. The rivers are generally slow-flowing and meandering, connected by channels and with very boggy shores. The Aby Lakes, mostly small and numbering over 15,000, are dotting the lowlands. The largest are Lake Ozhogino[https://bigenc.ru/geography/text/2008739 Indigirka] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629160748/https://bigenc.ru/geography/text/2008739 |date=2021-06-29 }} / Great Russian Encyclopedia in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M, 2004—2017. and Lake Suturuokha.[http://visit-yakutia.com/#!/abyyskiy/places/997 Visit Yakutia - Suturuokha Lake]
The Aby Lowland is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with the Selennyakh Range and Esteriktyakh-Tas in the west, the Moma Range in the south and southeast, the Alazeya Plateau in the east and the Polousny Range in the north. The latter separates it from the Yana-Indigirka Lowland.[http://bibl.tikva.ru/base/B1741/B1741Part37-176.php Рельеф и геологическое строение] (Relief and geological structure)Google Earth
In the winter the plains are frosty owing to stagnation of cold air. There is usually light snowfall. Summers are short, but with rather high temperatures considering the latitude.
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://gull-research.org/schistisagus/images/pdf/WetlandsinRussia_Vol_4_English.pdf Wetlands in Russia - Vol.4]