Tompo
{{Infobox river
| name = Tompo
| other_name = Томпо
| image =Tompo 2019-06-20-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg
| image_caption =Confluence of the Tompo and the Aldan Sentinel-2 image
| source1 = Elgi Plateau
| source1_elevation = {{convert|1638|m|abbr=on}}
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|64|29|02|N|139|10|59|E|source:kolossus-ruwiki}}
| mouth = Aldan River
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|106|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|62|42|24|N|134|42|34|E|source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=it}}
| progression = {{RAldan}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Russian Federation
| length = {{convert|570|km|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|158.6|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size = {{convert|42700|km2|abbr=on}}
| pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic
| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
}}
The Tompo ({{langx|ru|Томпо}}; {{langx|sah|Томпо}}) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. It has a length of {{convert|570|km|mi}} and a drainage basin area of {{convert|42700|km2|mi2}}.[http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=249258&bo=0&rb=0&subb=0&hep=0&wot=0&name=%F2%EE%EC%EF%EE&loc= Tompo - State Water Register of Russia]
River Tompo gives its name to the Tompo District. It flows across desolate regions, Topolinoye being the only inhabited place in the long course of the river.Google Earth The Tompo is not navigable.
Course
The Tompo originates in the southern slopes of the Elgi Plateau. For about {{convert|400|km|abbr=on}}, the river displays the characteristics of a typical mountain river, flowing within a deep and narrow valley bound by steep slopes.
In its uppermost course the Tompo runs roughly northward along the northern side of the Suntar-Khayata mountains; after roughly {{convert|80|km|abbr=on}} it turns and follows a generally westward direction for about {{convert|200|km|abbr=on}} through the southern part of the Elgi Plateau. Downstream from the mouth of the Delinya, its 2nd largest tributary, which flows from the central part of the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, the Tompo bends SSE into a roughly {{convert|130|km|abbr=on}} long deep gorge, separating the Verkhoyansk Range proper to the northwest and the group of three parallel ranges formed by the Ulakhan-Bom, Sette-Daban and the Skalisty Range to the southeast. After the mouth of the Menkule River, it emerges from the mountains and, flowing in a southwesterly direction, enters the eastern side of the Central Yakutian Plain, where its valley becomes very wide and swampy, its riverbed dividing into lazily-flowing arms as the speed of the flow decreases. Finally the Tompo meets the right bank of the Aldan River, opposite Megino-Aldan village, upstream of the mouth of the Baray.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article111246.html Томпо], Great Soviet Encyclopedia[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-6,_3rd_edition.jpg 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-6]
=Tributaries=
The main tributaries of the Tompo are the {{convert|189|km|abbr=on}} long Khunkhada and {{convert|357|km|abbr=on}} long Delinya from the right, as well as the {{convert|225|km|abbr=on}} long Menkule and {{convert|186|km|abbr=on}} long Tomporuk from the left. There are 1,662 lakes in the basin of the Tompo with a total area of {{convert|43.9|km2|abbr=on}}.[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/1261/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE Tompo- Water of Russia]
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlURjUzkqFo Томпо тур -2 чааһа. Восхождение на гору 1800м, фотосессия. Горы Якутии, Томпонский улус. (tourism)]
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Category:Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Category:Central Yakutian Lowland
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