Kalakan (river)
{{Short description|River in southern East Siberia, Russia}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Kalakan
| name_native =
| name_native_lang =
| image = Kalakan ONC E-8.jpg
| image_caption = Kalakan river course
| source1 = Kalakan Range
South Siberian System
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|55|39|48|N|119|23|52|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:RU}}
| source1_elevation =
| mouth = Vitim
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|802|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth_location =
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55|07|14|N|116|45|42|E|region:RU-BU_type:river|display=it}}
| progression = {{RVitim}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Russia
| subdivision_type2 = Federal subject
| subdivision_name2 = Zabaykalsky Krai
| length = {{convert|314|km|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|78|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size = {{convert|10600|km2|abbr=on}}
| pushpin_map = Russia Zabaykalsky Krai
| pushpin_map_size =
| pushpin_map_caption = Mouth location in Transbaikalia, Russia
}}
The Kalakan ({{langx|ru|Калакан}}) is a river in Transbaikalia, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is {{convert|314|km}} long, and has a drainage basin of {{convert|10600|km2}}.{{GVR|238703|Река Калакан}}Google Earth The Kalakan gives its name to the Kalakan Range, as well as to the Kalakan Depression.[http://ez.chita.ru/encycl/concepts/?id=2460 Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Kalakan Depression]
The Kalakan river is a destination for rafting. Taimen and lenok are among the fish species found in the river.
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.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article057753.html Kalakan] / Great Soviet Encyclopedia: in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.[https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/1942/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD Калакан - Water of Russia] The Kalakan Range rises above the left bank of the river. There are up to {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} 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 {{convert|958|km|mi}} from the Vitim's mouth in the Lena.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/n-49.jpg|title=N-49 Chart (in Russian)|access-date=30 September 2021}}
The longest tributary of the Kalakan is the {{convert|136|km|abbr=on}} long Tundak on the left and the {{convert|96|km|abbr=on}} long Usmun on the right. The river is frozen between mid October and mid May. There are 96 lakes with a total area of {{convert|2.3|sqkm|sqmi}} in the basin of the Kalakan. The area is marked by permafrost.[http://ez.chita.ru/encycl/concepts/?id=2459 Энциклопедия Забайкалья - Kalakan]
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S25FUzzdaM Калакан 1]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFdnvZMbec Калакан 2]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDkLG8vv0UY Калакан 1997]
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Category:Rivers of Zabaykalsky Krai
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