The Palyavaam ( Russian : Паляваам ) is a river in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Russian Far East . It is 416 kilometres (258 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 12,900 square kilometres (5,000 sq mi).
4-637: There is a small populated place in its basin also called Palyavaam. The Humpback whitefish , the East Siberian Grayling , Pink salmon , Chum salmon and Arctic char , are some of the fish species found in its waters. It has its source in the Palyavaam Range of the Chukotka Mountains . The Palyavaam flows in a roughly westward direction and passes through the sparsely populated areas of Chukotka. Finally it flows into
8-521: A river in the Russian Far East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Humpback whitefish The humpback whitefish ( Coregonus pidschian ), also referred to as the bottom whitefish , the Arctic whitefish or the pidschian , is a species of freshwater whitefish with a northern distribution. It is one of the members in the broader common whitefish complex , or
12-582: The Coregonus clupeaformis complex. This fish lives in estuaries and brackish water near river mouths, in deltas and in slowly running rivers, in large lakes with tributaries , and floodplain lakes. It can migrate long distances upriver for spawning. The distribution of Coregonus pidschian is in the Arctic basin, ranging from Northern Norway and Finland across the Russian coast to Alaska and up to
16-659: The Chaun close to its outflow into the East Siberian Sea , at the Chaunskaya Bay near Rytkuchi . The Palyavaam has numerous tributaries. The most important ones are the Elkakvun , Palyarynnat , Karpungveyem , Levtuttyveyem , Kookvyn , Vykvylvegyrgyn and Pekychyn . This Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
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