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Amguema (river)

Coordinates: 68°15′12″N 177°25′26″W / 68.2533°N 177.4239°W / 68.2533; -177.4239
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Amguema
Sentinel-2 image of the confluence of the Ekityki (left) and the Amguema
Native name
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates68°49′N 177°24′E / 68.817°N 177.400°E / 68.817; 177.400
MouthChukchi Sea
 • coordinates
68°15′12″N 177°25′26″W / 68.2533°N 177.4239°W / 68.2533; -177.4239
Length498 km (309 mi)
Basin size28,100 km2 (10,800 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average285 m3/s (10,100 cu ft/s)

The Amguema (Russian: Амгуэ́ма, Chukot: Оʼмваам, O'mvaam;[1] in its upper course Вульвывее́м, Vulvyveyem[2]) is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.[3] It is 498 kilometres (309 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 28,100 square kilometres (10,800 sq mi).[4]

Upriver there is the small town of Amguema, where about 600 mostly Chukchi people live.[5]

Geography

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The Amguema flows roughly from SW to NE across the Chukotka Mountains. It belongs to the Amguema basin. It empties into the Chukchi Sea between Cape Schmidt and Cape Vankarem.[6] The 154 km (96 mi) long Ekityki on the left is the main tributary of the Amguema.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Russia. Topographic map Q-60-XI,XII
  2. ^ Dictionary of names of hydrographic objects of Russia and other countries - members of the CIS Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine (1999), p. 22
  3. ^ Geographic Location
  4. ^ a b "Река Амгуема (Омваам, в верховье Вульвывеем) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  5. ^ Amguema Town
  6. ^ Chukotskoye Nagorye Archived 2019-06-30 at the Wayback Machine / Great Russian Encyclopedia; in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.