The Tompo ( Russian : Томпо ; Yakut : 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 570 kilometres (350 mi) and a drainage basin area of 42,700 square kilometres (16,500 sq mi).
12-576: 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. The Tompo is not navigable. The Tompo originates in the southern slopes of the Elgi Plateau . For about 400 km (250 mi), 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
24-576: Is 250–300 millimeters (9.8–11.8 in). The district was established on May 20, 1931. As of the 2021 Census , the ethnic composition was as follows: The economy of the district is based on mining, production of construction materials, and agriculture. There are deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, molybdenum, gold, silver, coal, gypsum, marble, and other minerals. Divisional source: Population source: *Administrative centers are shown in bold Aldan River The Aldan ( Sakha and Russian : Алдан )
36-482: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tompo District Tomponsky District (Russian: Томпонский улу́с ; Yakut : Томпо улууһа , Tompo uluuha ) is an administrative and municipal district ( raion , or ulus ), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic , Russia. It is located in the east of the republic and borders with Momsky District in the northeast, Oymyakonsky District in
48-537: Is the second-longest right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia . The river is 2,273 kilometres (1,412 mi) long, of which around 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) is navigable. It has a drainage basin of 729,000 square kilometres (281,000 sq mi). The river was part of the River Route to Okhotsk . In 1639 Ivan Moskvitin ascended the rivers Aldan and Maya and crossed to
60-663: 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 . The main tributaries of the Tompo are the 189 km (117 mi) long Khunkhada and 357 km (222 mi) long Delinya from
72-737: The Stanovoy Mountains southwest of Neryungri . It flows roughly in a northeast / ENE direction south of the Lena Plateau across the Aldan Highlands , where it forms the northern border of the Sunnagyn Range . Then it flows past Aldan and through Tommot , Ust-Maya , Eldikan and Khandyga before turning northwest. In its last stretch it flanks the southern slopes of the Verkhoyansk Range and joins
84-649: The Ulya to reach the Sea of Okhotsk . Its basin is known for gold and for Cambrian fossils . Previously, a version of the origin from the Turkic-Mongolian word altan, altyn in the meaning of "gold" was spread, then a hypothesis appeared of the origin of the hydronym Aldan (in the variant Allan) from the Evenk oldo, ollo — "fish". Another explanation: aldan is a coastal spring ice ( evenk ). The Aldan rises in
96-584: The Tompo bends SSE into a roughly 130 km (81 mi) 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
108-597: The Tompo runs roughly northward along the northern side of the Suntar-Khayata mountains; after roughly 80 km (50 mi) it turns and follows a generally westward direction for about 200 km (120 mi) 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 ,
120-680: The district's total population. The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous. Its main rivers include the Aldan , the Tompo , Adycha , Nelgese , Derbeke and the Khandyga . Emanda is a lake located on the Yana Plateau , in the northern part of the district. Average January temperature ranges from −38 to −42 °C (−36 to −44 °F) and average July temperature ranges from +10 to +17 °C (50 to 63 °F). Annual precipitation
132-528: The east, Ust-Maysky District in the southeast, Tattinsky District in the southwest, Ust-Aldansky and Kobyaysky Districts in the west, and with Verkhoyansky District in the north and northwest. The area of the district is 135,800 square kilometers (52,400 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement ) of Khandyga . Population: 14,099 ( 2010 Census ) ; 15,275 ( 2002 Census ); 22,844 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . The population of Khandyga accounts for 47.1% of
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#1732790485100144-464: The right, as well as the 225 km (140 mi) long Menkule and 186 km (116 mi) long Tomporuk from the left. There are 1,662 lakes in the basin of the Tompo with a total area of 43.9 km (16.9 sq mi). This Sakha Republic location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Russian Far East
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