The Chondon (;Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ , Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 433 ) is a river in Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is long, with a drainage basin of .Russian State Water Register - Chondon River
The Chondon mammoth was discovered in 2013 in the Chondon basin, at the feet of the Polousny Range, 66 km south-west of the village of Tumat. It had died at the age of 47 to 50 years.Всё о мамонтах (All about Mammoths)
Course The river begins in the northern slopes of the Selennyakh Range at an elevation of . It flows roughly northwards west of the Yana River across the Yana-Indigirka Lowland meandering strongly among marshy areas and lakes. In its lower course it flows parallel to the Sellyakh in the east.Chondon // Great Soviet Encyclopedia, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-197 Yarok Island lies across its mouth, in the Chondon Bay, by the Yana Bay of the Laptev Sea.Google Earth
There are over 6,600 lakes in the Chondon basin, with a total area of . The river freezes yearly between early October and early June.Чондон - nature.ykt
Tributaries The main tributaries of the Chondon are the long Buor-Yuryakh, with its source in the Kyundyulyun, from the left, as well as the long Ygaanna (Ыгаанньа), the long Dodomo and the long Nuchcha (Нучча) from the right.
Fauna Among the fish species found in the river, muksun, nelma, omul and vendace deserve mention.Water of Russia - Чондон
See also List of rivers of Russia
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