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10-848: It has its sources in the Ulakhan-Sis Range and flows roughly northeastwards across the Kondakov Plateau . Leaving the uplands, it crosses the Yana-Indigirka Lowland tundra, part of the greater East Siberian Lowland . It flows first in a roughly eastern and then, more than halfway through its course, in a northern direction. Its mouth is in the East Siberian Sea at the western end of the Kolyma Bay . The Sundrun River freezes up in early October and remains icebound until June. The main tributary of

20-565: A river in the Russian Far East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ulakhan-Sis Range The Ulakhan-Sis Range (Russian: Улахан-Сис ; Yakut : Улахан Сис ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic , Far Eastern Federal District , Russia. This range is one of the areas of Yakutia where baydzharakhs are found. Kigilyakh rock formations are also found on this range. The Ulakhan-Sis

30-600: The spectacled eider are also found in the Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area. There is also a wild reindeer population in the Sundrun basin. The "Sundrun Kekurs" (Сундрунские кекуры) are the natural kigilyakh -type rock formations of the Ulakhan-Sis Range and Suor Uyata , located in the upper course of the river. This Sakha Republic location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to

40-557: The Alazeya Plateau. The particularity of the kigilyakhs found in this location is that their lower part (corresponding to the legs) is thinner than the upper part. The Alazeya Plateau is located in eastern Sakha Republic, between the Indigirka, Kolyma, Alazeya and Ozhogina rivers. The average height of the plateau surface is around 350 meters (1,150 ft). There are slightly higher tableland type elevations cutting across

50-574: The Sundrun is the 235 km (146 mi) long Maly Khomus-Yuryakh (Малый Хомус-Юрях) from the right. The Kytalyk Wetlands, located between the Sundrun and the Khroma , are an ecologically important area, providing a favorable habitat for many rare animals. It is practically uninhabited and full of lakes and marshes. Siberian cranes are abundant in the Sundrun River wetlands. The lesser white-fronted goose , Brent goose , Bewick's swan and

60-612: The interfluve of the Erna and Shandrin rivers in the northwest, Shangina in the south, and Khatysty and Arga-Yuryakh in the southeast. The main ridge stretches in a roughly east/west direction from the western end of the smaller Suor Uyata (Суор-Уята) to the east and the headwaters of the Sundrun River to the Indigirka for about 160 kilometers (99 mi). The highest peak is 754 metres (2,474 ft) high Vilka . To

70-649: The north rises the Kondakov Plateau , a lower and wider extension of the range. In the west, the Polousny Range , a prolongation of the range on the other side of the Indigirka River, stretches further westwards. To the south, at a certain distance, rises the Alazeya Plateau . Rivers Bolshaya Ercha , a tributary of the Indigirka, and Arga-Yuryakh , of the Alazeya basin, have their sources in

80-802: The plateau area; the highest point is a 954 metres (3,130 ft) high unnamed summit. The plateau is limited by the Yana-Indigirka Lowland , including the Aby Lowland , to the west, with rivers Yana and Indigirka , the Ozhogina to the south, and the Kolyma Lowland with the Kolyma to the east and northeast. Besides the Alazeya, the Sededema and the Shangina also have their sources in

90-411: The range. The range has mountains of middle height and smooth slopes with larch forests at the bottom of the valleys. Alazeya Plateau The Alazeya Plateau (Russian: Алазейское плоскогорье ) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic , Far Eastern Federal District , Russia. The area is named after river Alazeya , which has its source in the plateau. There are kigilyakhs in

100-405: Was first mapped in the summer of 1870 by geographer and ethnologist Baron Gerhard von Maydell (1835–1894) during his pioneering research of East Siberia. Kular is an abandoned settlement that was located in the range area. The Ulakhan-Sis Range rises in the southeastern limits of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland , northwest and west of the Kolyma Lowland and northeast of the Aby Lowland , along

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