Alazeya
{{Infobox river
| name = Alazeya
| other_name = Алазея / Алаһыай
| image = Река Алазея рядом с селом Аргахтах с высоты птичьего полёта.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = Aerial photograph of Alazeya.
| source1 = Confluence of the Nelkan and Kadylchan rivers
| source1_location = Alazeya Plateau
| source1_coordinates = {{Coord|67.744|147.833|format=dms|display=i}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|116|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth_location = East Siberian Sea
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|70.8618|N|153.6795|E|source:dewiki_region:RU-SA_type:river|format=dms|display=it}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Russia
| subdivision_type2 = Location
| subdivision_name2 = Yakutia
| length = {{convert|1590|km|abbr=on}} (total)
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|320|m3/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size = {{convert|64,700|km2|abbr=on}}
| pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic
| pushpin_map_size =
| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
}}
The Alazeya ({{langx|ru|Алазея|}}; {{langx|sah|Алаһыай|translit=Alahıay}}) is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia, Russia which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger Indigirka to the west and the Kolyma to the east.
Mount Kisilyakh-Tas is a notable kigilyakh site on the right bank of the Alazeya River at {{coord|69|42|N|155|0|E|}}.{{Cite web|url=https://farbitis.ru/en/physical-geography/types-of-weathering/|title=Types of weathering|website=farbitis.ru}}
Geography
The river is {{convert|1590|km|mi}} long. The area of its basin is {{convert|64700|km2|mi2}}.{{Cite web|url=https://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=263737|title=Государственный водный реестр: река АЛАЗЕЯ|website=textual.ru}}
The Alazeya is formed at the confluence of the Nelkan and Kadylchan rivers in the slopes of the Alazeya Plateau. It crosses roughly northwards through the tundra meandering among the flat, marshy areas of the Kolyma Lowland, part of the greater East Siberian Lowland. Finally the Alazeya drains into the Kolyma Bay of the East Siberian Sea, close to Logashkino. The river freezes in late September through early October and stays icebound until late May through early June. There are more than 24,000 lakes in its basin.Google Earth[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article009617.html Алазея] in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia. {{in lang|ru}}{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/r-55_56.jpg|title=R-55_56 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=25 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/q-55_56.jpg|title=Q-55_56 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=25 May 2022}}
=Tributaries=
The biggest tributaries of the Alazeya are the {{convert|790|km|abbr=on}} long Rassokha and {{convert|131|km|abbr=on}} long Buor-Yuryakh from the left,{{Cite web|url=https://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=263812|title=Государственный водный реестр: река Буор-Юрэх|website=textual.ru}} as well as the {{convert|168|km|abbr=on}} long Sloboda River{{Cite web|url=https://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=263623|title=Государственный водный реестр: река Слобода|website=textual.ru}} and the {{convert|244|km|abbr=on}} long Buor-Yuryakh from the right.
History
Dmitrii Zyryan was the first Russian to reach the Alazeya in 1641,{{cite book
| last = Lantzeff
| first = George V. |author2=Richard A. Pierce
| title = Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750
| publisher = McGill-Queen's University Press
| year = 1973
| location = Montreal
}} but did not found a permanent settlement.
See also
References
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Category:Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Category:East Siberian Lowland
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