Alymdya

{{Short description|River in Yakutia, Russia}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Alymdya

| other_name = Алымдя / Алымдьа

| image = Akhtaranda 2019-08-09-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg

| image_caption = Confluence of the Alymdya and Olguydakh Sentinel-2 image

| pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic

| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia

| source1_location = Vilyuy Plateau

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|64|39|25|N|111|13|21|E|}}

| source1_elevation =

| mouth = Akhtaranda

| mouth_location =

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|63|27|02|N|112|06|50|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:RU}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|250|m|abbr=on}}

| progression = Akhtaranda → {{RVilyuy}}

| subdivision_type1 = Federal Subject

| subdivision_name1 = Yakutia

| length = {{convert|227|km|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size = {{convert|5310|km2|abbr=on}}

}}

The Alymdya ({{langx|ru|Алымдя}} o Алымджа; {{langx|sah|Алымдьа}}), is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Akhtaranda, part of the Vilyuy basin. The river is {{convert|227|km|mi}} long and has a drainage basin of {{convert|5310|km2|mi2}}.{{GVR|251609|Река Алымдьа}}

The Alymdya flows across an uninhabited sector of Mirninsky District.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/q-49_50.jpg|title=Q-49-50 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=20 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/p-49_50.jpg|title=P-49-50 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=20 April 2023}}

Course

The Alymdya belongs to the upper stretch of the Vilyuy basin. It originates in the southeastern Vilyuy Plateau. The river heads roughly southeastwards and then southwards, crossing a cluster of small lakes and swamps. Then it turns southeastwards again and keeps roughly that direction until its mouth at the confluence with the {{convert|191|km|abbr=on}} long Olguydakh from the left to form the Akhtaranda, {{convert|75|km|abbr=on}} from its mouth in the Vilyuy Reservoir.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080613135136/http://www.nature.ykt.ru/RIAC/Yakutia_geogr/014.htm#%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85 Nature.ykt]Google Earth

=Tributaries=

The main tributaries of the Alymdya are the {{convert|50|km|mi}} long Kurakkalyr (Кураккалыыр) from the right and the {{convert|66|km|mi}} long Alymdya-Tuorata (Алымдьа-Туората) from the left. The river freezes in mid October and stays under ice until the second half of May.

See also

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