Uboynaya
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| name = Uboynaya
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| source1 = Byrranga Mountains
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| mouth = Kara Sea
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Russia
| length = {{convert|98|km|abbr=on}}
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| basin_size = {{convert|2280|km2|abbr=on}}
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The Uboynaya ({{langx|ru|Убойная}}) is a river in the Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation. Its source is in the Byrranga Mountains.
It flows across desolate tundra regions into the Kara Sea. It is {{convert|98|km}} long, and has a drainage basin of {{convert|2280|km2}}.{{GVR|225348|Река Убойная (Прав. Убойная)}} The lichen Dactylina arctica is common and abundant in the area.{{cite web|author=Dr. Manfred Jensen |url=http://www.uni-duisburg-essen.de/botanik/Dherb.htm |title=HERBESS – Lichen Herbarium at the University Duisburg-Essen (Location Essen) |publisher=Uni-duisburg-essen.de |date= |accessdate=2013-03-30}}
The Uboynaya freezes up in late September or early October and stays under the ice until June. In the short summer the area is a breeding ground for certain birds, like the dunlin.{{cite journal|volume=10 |pages=152–169 |url=http://sora.unm.edu/node/4009 |title=Breeding Distribution of Dunlin Calidris Alpina in Russia |author=E. G. Lappo, P. S. Tomkovich |year=1998 |journal=International Wader Studies}}
History
In 1922, while leading a geological expedition, Nikolay Urvantsev found abandoned skis at the mouth of the Uboynaya River. They belonged to Roald Amundsen's 1919 Arctic expedition's ill-fated crew members Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen.William Barr, The Last Journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, 1919
This river is now within the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia and one of the biggest in the world.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208094629/http://www.bigarctic.ru/Eng/ekotourism.htm Ecotourism]
- [http://www.arcticbirds.ru/info02/nl12ru18802.html Birds]
Category:Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Category:Drainage basins of the Kara Sea
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