The Suolama (, Suolema; ) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Anabar with a length of . Its drainage basin area is .
The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, from the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai eastwards into the northwestern limit of coastal Yakutia. It is an area of permafrost, flat, lonely and desolate, devoid of settlements. The nearest inhabited place is Yuryung-Khaya.
Course The Suolama is a left tributary of the Anabar. Its sources are in the southeastern corner of fairly large Kieng-Kyuel lake of the North Siberian Lowland. It heads roughly eastwards / northeastwards all along its course within a swampy area with numerous lakes. Finally it joins the left bank of the Anabar only from its mouth. The confluence is just a little upstream of Anabar Bay.Google Earth
The river is fed by rain and snow. Owing to the severe climate it is frozen between late September and early June. The longest tributaries are the long Lastik (Ластик) and the long Poperechnaya (Поперечная) from the right.Суолама - Nature.ykt
See also List of rivers of Russia
References
External links Schematic map of ancient terrains and kimberlitic fields in the Siberian craton Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia