Sundrun

The Sundrun (Russian: Сундрун) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation. It is 314 kilometres (195 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 4,170 square kilometres (1,610 sq mi).[1]

Sundrun
Location in Sakha, Russia
Native nameСундрун
Location
CountryRussia
LocationSakha
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationUnnamed lake
 • coordinates69°51′50″N 151°28′39″E
 • elevation165 m (541 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
East Siberian Sea
 • coordinates
70.8123°N 152.5582°E / 70.8123; 152.5582
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length314 km (195 mi)
Basin size4,170 km2 (1,610 sq mi)

Course

It has its sources in the Ulakhan-Sis Range and flows roughly northeastwards across the Kondakov Plateau.[2] Leaving the uplands, it crosses the Yana-Indigirka Lowland tundra, part of the greater East Siberian Lowland. It flows first in a roughly eastern and then, more than halfway through its course, in a northern direction. Its mouth is in the East Siberian Sea at the western end of the Kolyma Bay.[3] The Sundrun River freezes up in early October and remains icebound until June.

Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area

The Kytalyk Wetlands, located between the Sundrun and the Khroma are an ecologically important area, providing a favorable habitat for many rare animals. It is practically uninhabited and full of lakes and marshes. Siberian cranes are abundant in the Sundrun River wetlands.[4]

The lesser white-fronted goose,[5] Brent goose, Bewick's swan and the spectacled eider are also found in the Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area.[6]

There is also a wild reindeer population in the Sundrun basin.[7]

Location of the Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area; the Sundrun River is on the right.

Sundrun Kekurs

The "Sundrun Kekurs" (Сундрунские кекуры) are the natural kigilyakh-type rock formations of the Ulakhan-Sis Range and Suor Uyata, located in the upper course of the river. [8]

See also

References
  1. Река Сундрун in the State Water Register of Russia (Russian)
  2. Topographic map - Chokurdakh
  3. Google Earth
  4. Wetlands
  5. http://www.wwf.fi/wwf/www/uploads/pdf/Ar99indi.pdf
  6. Spectacled eider
  7. Ivan Sivtsev , The Sundrun population of wild reindeer, The Ninth North American Caribou Workshop, Kuujjuaq, Québec, Canada, .
  8. Сундрунские кекуры


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