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Ukukit

Coordinates: 69°32′29″N 118°11′05″E / 69.54139°N 118.18472°E / 69.54139; 118.18472
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Ukukit
Укукит
Course of the Ukukit ONC map section
Ukukit is located in Sakha Republic
Ukukit
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Ukukit is located in Russia
Ukukit
Ukukit (Russia)
Location
CountryRussian Federation
Federal subjectYakutia
DistrictOlenyoksky District
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCentral Siberian Plateau
 • coordinates68°43′31″N 114°07′50″E / 68.72528°N 114.13056°E / 68.72528; 114.13056
 • elevation272 m (892 ft)
MouthOlenyok
 • coordinates
69°32′29″N 118°11′05″E / 69.54139°N 118.18472°E / 69.54139; 118.18472
 • elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Length347 km (216 mi)
Basin size5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionOlenyokLaptev Sea

The Ukukit (Russian: Укукит) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of 347 kilometres (216 mi). Its drainage basin area is 5,000 square kilometres (1,900 sq mi).[1]

The river flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of the Olenyoksky District devoid of settlements.[2] In the 1980s kimberlite dikes were discovered by geologists in the basin of the Ukukit.[3]

Course

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The Ukukit is a left tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are in the northeastern corner of the Central Siberian Plateau. It heads first eastwards and, about halfway down its course, it bends and flows roughly northeastwards. Finally the river joins the left bank of the Olenyok 13 km (8.1 mi) upstream from the confluence of the Birekte, 682 km (424 mi) upstream of its mouth.[4][2]

The Ukukit is fed by rain and snow. It is frozen between early October and late May or early June. Its longest tributary is the 70 kilometres (43 mi) long Kutuguna from the left.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Река Укукит in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ a b "Топографска карта R-49 50; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. ^ O.B. Oleinikov. Mineralogy of alkaline titanates-bearing kimberlite from a dike, West-Ukukit kimberlite field, Yakutia
  4. ^ Google Earth
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