Arga-Yuryakh (Rassokha)

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

{{about||the tributary of the Omoloy|Arga-Yuryakh}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Arga-Yuryakh

| other_name = Арга-Юрях / Арҕаа Үрэх

| image = Arga-Yuryakh ONC C-7.jpg

| image_caption = Course of the Arga-Yuryakh ONC map section

| source1_location = Ulakhan-Sis

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|69|22|23|N|149|24|32|E|}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|93|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Rassokha

| mouth_location =

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|69|01|43|N|151|43|57|E|source:wikidata|display=it}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|17|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| progression = Rassokha → Alazeya → Laptev Sea

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Russia

| length = {{convert|312|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size = {{convert|5600|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}

| pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic

| pushpin_map_size =

| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia

}}

The Arga-Yuryakh ({{langx|ru|Арга-Юрях}}; {{langx|sah|Арҕаа Үрэх}}, Arğaa Ürex) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a tributary of the Rassokha of the Alazeya basin. The river has a length of {{convert|312|km|mi}} and a drainage basin area of {{convert|5600|km2|mi2}}.{{GVR|263807|Река Аргаа-Юрэх}}

The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, across desolate tundra territories of the East Siberian Lowland. Its basin falls within Srednekolymsky District. The name of the river comes from the Yakut "Arğaa-ürex" (Арҕаа-үрэх), meaning "western river".Leontiev V.V. , Novikova K.A. Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov ; FEB AS USSR . North-East complex. Research Institute. Lab. archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magadan . book. publishing house , 1989. - p. 73 - 456 p. — ISBN 5-7581-0044-7