The Tyung ( Russian : Тюнг ; Yakut : Түҥ , Tüŋ ) is a river in Yakutia , Russia . It is a left tributary of the Vilyuy ( Lena 's basin). The length of the river is 1,092 kilometres (679 mi). The area of its basin is 49,800 square kilometres (19,200 sq mi).
6-723: The Tyung begins in the Central Siberian Plateau . When it descends into the Central Yakutian Lowland it begins to meander strongly and flows roughly southwards until it meets the Vilyuy. The Tyukyan , also a Vilyuy tributary, has its source in a swampy area near the Tyung basin. The Tyung freezes up in October and stays icebound until the second half of May to early June. Its main tributaries are
12-533: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central Siberian Plateau The Central Siberian Plateau ( Russian : Среднесибирское плоскогорье , romanized : Srednesibirskoye ploskogorye ; Yakut : Орто Сибиир хаптал хайалаах сирэ ) is a vast mountainous area in Siberia, one of the Great Russian Regions . The plateau occupies a great part of central Siberia between
18-718: The North Baikal Highlands and Baikal Mountains . To the north of the plateau lie the North Siberian Lowland and to the east the plateau gives way to the Central Yakutian Lowland and the Lena Plateau . The surface of the Central Siberian Plateau is characterized by the alternation of wide plateaus and ridges, some of the latter sharply jagged. The Central Siberian Plateau covers one-third of Siberia. The system of
24-641: The Yenisei and Lena rivers. It is located in the Siberian Platform and extends over an area of 3,500,000 km (1,400,000 sq mi), between the Yenisei in the west and the Central Yakutian Lowland in the east. To the south it is bound by the Altai Mountains , Salair Ridge , Kuznetsk Alatau , the Eastern and Western Sayan Mountains and other mountains of Tuva , as well as
30-469: The 299 km (186 mi) long Chimidikyan (Чимидикээн), the 243 km (151 mi) long Dzhippa (Дьыыппа), the 193 km (120 mi) long Arga-Tyung (Арҕаа Түҥ) and the 174 km (108 mi) long Tyungkeen (Түҥкэн). 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
36-702: The Central Siberian Plateau comprises a number of smaller plateaus and subranges, including, among others, the following: The climate is continental with short warm summers and long and severely cold winters. Most of the territory is covered with conifer forests ( larch is especially abundant). The plateau's major river is the Lower Tunguska . Known geologically as the Siberian Traps , mineral resources here are very rich and include coal , iron ore , gold , platinum , diamonds and natural gas . This Siberian Federal District location article
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